Stacking an object on top of another object is a straightforward task for most people. But even the most complex robots struggle to handle more than one such task at a time. Stacking requires a range ...

Robot manufacturer Agility has built a human-like robot called Digit that can load boxes onto a truck — and the company is selling it for a cool $250,000. The company announced a $20 million round of ...

Japan has the oldest population in the world, and that’s causing an acute labor shortage. With almost a third of the population aged 65 and above, finding workers can be a challenge. Increasingly, ...

Japanese firm Telexistence is testing a robot that could change how a lot of people work. Her murder went unsolved for decades. DNA from paper bags now points to one of Colorado’s ‘most prolific ...

"Final Report will add the analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on this industry." Including market segmentation by kinds, applications, and countries, the "Joint Stacking Robots Market" research study ...

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Amazon has agreed to buy Cloostermans, a company that makes robots capable of stacking pallets in its warehouses. Amazon says it already uses Belgium-based Cloostermans' tech, which can also package ...

With a training technique commonly used to teach dogs to sit and stay, Johns Hopkins University computer scientists showed a robot how to teach itself several new tricks, including stacking blocks.

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