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The Robotics Collection
The use of robotics in industrial settings continues to accelerate at a rapid pace. Explore this collection to learn more about automation, cobots, AI-enabled robots, customized robots, and drones.

Quiz
May 23, 2025
Quiz: Robotic Arms Now Part of Real Life
Reliable machines—mechanical versions of human shoulders, arms, and hands—do most of the industrial pulling, pushing, pressing, and lifting and are now moving out of the factories into the real world.


Article
May 19, 2025
Pressurized Haptic Sleeve Breaks New Ground in Wearables
New wearable technology has implications for both social and medical applications as the knitted sleeve allows wearers to interact with the world through pressure-based haptics.


Article
Apr 22, 2025
Leveraging Robotic Insects to Support Mechanical Pollination
Roboticists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a tiny, yet powerful robot that more accurately mimics the bumblebee.

Podcast
Apr 14, 2025
Podcast: Robot Laborers Ahead
Leo Ma, founder and CEO of AI robotics startup RoboForce, chats with ASME TechCast about his “Robo-Labor” system and what it takes to go from concept to commercialization.


Article
Mar 4, 2025
The Best of Both Worlds for Robotic Swarms
Using the central nervous system as inspiration, researchers from Université Libre de Bruxelles have developed a hybrid approach to programming self-organizing groups of robots.


Article
Jan 30, 2025
Mobile Robot Prints Customized Designs Where Needed
MobiPrint—a mobile 3D printer—can produce custom designs directly where needed to help users with accessibility or to add an extra bit of fun to any living space.


Article
Jan 6, 2025
Robot Assistance that Starts at the Knees
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new kind of exoskeleton to better support lifting and carrying.


Article
Nov 25, 2024
Rethink Robots Returns
The one-time trailblazer, Rethink Robotics has introduced a new line of robots to meet the needs of industry.


Article
Nov 18, 2024
There’s a Twist to Improving Soft Robots
Attach an auxetic structure—that expands when pulled on—to a servo motor and you’ve got a more useful hardy soft robot.


Article
Sep 18, 2024
Microscale Hydraulic Gripper Features Soft Touch
A shape memory polymer allows the gripper to be more efficient than a purely hydraulic system. Roboticists may soon create miniature tools for minimally invasive surgery.


Article
Jul 22, 2024
Simple Instructions Make a Robot Swarm
Like schools of fish or flocks of birds, “smart swarms” of micro-robots move in concert based on what’s happening in the environment.


Article
Jul 18, 2024
Six-Armed Robot Stickbug Works as a Precision Pollinator
With six arms, a Kiwi drive, and custom detectors designed for contact-based pollination, the precision Stickbug reaches flowers growing above the greenhouse floor while navigating narrow plant rows.


Article
Jul 15, 2024
Spring Assist Makes for Better Actuator
As an add-on to electric or hydraulic motors, an efficient spring-assisted actuator could be a “game changer” for robotics.


Article
Jul 8, 2024
New Approach May Make More Reliable and Safe Robots
Northwestern University researchers have developed a method that allows robots to learn to perform new tasks reliably and safely using less data.


Article
Jun 17, 2024
Why Animals Are Still Faster Than Robots
Despite advances in robotic components, a new study finds that modern robots lack the integration capabilities to support locomotion at the same level as the animals that often inspire their design.


Article
Jun 10, 2024
Punyo: A Leap Forward in Soft Robotics
Toyota Research Institute’s Punyo soft robot is an innovation in whole-body manipulation research.

Podcast
Apr 22, 2024
Podcast: Space Exploration and the Engineering Workforce
Discover what a cognizant engineer is, and why it's important to broaden the engineering pipeline.


Article
Mar 25, 2024
From Minifig to Walking Mini-Robot
After contemplating a Lego, researchers at Carnegie Mellon have developed a small robot with complex mobility.