Robot grippers could be used to remove space debris
Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a "capture cube" in this image from Feb. 4, 2025.
Interesting Engineering22h
Spine-like soft joints could let robots perform Matrix-style moves, bend safer
Developed by researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, the soft robotic joint allows for versatility of movement, ...
中国日报网2d
Roborock launches world's first vacuum cleaner equipped with a robotic arm
Chinese smart cleaning appliance manufacturer Roborock unveiled the world's first vacuum cleaner equipped with a robotic arm at the ongoing 2025 Consumer Electronics Show in the US city of Las Vegas.
NASA’s 2 stranded astronauts take first spacewalk together after 8 months stuck on International Space Station
Commander Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore removed a broken antenna and wiped the station’s exterior for evidence of any ...
NASA Crew Prepares To Step Into the Void for Critical ISS Mission
The Expedition 72 crew has completed final preparations for a scheduled science and maintenance spacewalk on Thursday.
The University of Chicago Chronicle12d
Making prosthetic limbs feel more real with brain-computer interfaces
UChicago scientists are making major progress on a technology designed to give nuanced “feeling” to prosthetic hands, by ...
Al Jazeera English17d
ADL faces backlash for defending Elon Musk’s raised-arm gesture
The self-described anti-Semitism watchdog and “leading anti-hate organization in the world” dismissed Musk’s raised arm as “an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm” in a social ...
NextBigFuture20d
Three Patients With Neuralink Implants, 10 Bps and Study for Robotic Arm Control
Neuralink has been implanted in three patients, communication speed is nearing 10 bits per second and there is new study to integrate Neuralink to control robotic arms. @ModdedQuad holds the BPS world ...
The Hill22d
Pope Francis hurts his right arm after falling for the second time in just over a month
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn’t break his arm ...
New Scientist23d
Mind-controlled robotic arm lets people with paralysis touch and feel
The approach could one day help people with spinal cord injuries to better carry out everyday activities by controlling a robotic arm that feels like their own. Trending New Scientist articles ...
PC Gamer23d
They've started putting arms onto robot vacuums, so we're closer to either getting our own R2D2 or being strangled in our sleep
Brought to my attention by The Verge, several companies are busy grafting mechanical arms onto their robot vacuums. Robocks' Saros Z70 model has a "foldable five-axis mechanical arm" to "move ...
Digital Trends23d
The Saros Z70 is the most exciting robot vacuum I’ve ever seen
Designed with a robotic arm that can pick up small obstacles that get in its way, it’s the most innovative robot vacuum I’ve ever seen — and I’ve never been more excited to see how it ...