National Instruments’ LabVIEW has been used with robots for decades. It mostly has been employed by developers looking to take advantage of graphical programming tools (see “LabVIEW: Graphical ...

WHAT is twice as fun as a motor? Two motors. Last week, we learned how to meet their power-hungry needs. Now, we can double up – and because the micro:bit can control them, we can make a robot that ...

YOU have battled batteries, mastered motors and conquered coding. Now, far from the humble reading light you made in week 2, you should be able to build an autonomous line-following robot to bring the ...

While there’s no shortage of DIY holiday gift ideas, trying to put together one at the last minute might be a tall task even for the most accomplished tinkerer. But on the YouTube channel Easytronic, ...

Facebook has lifted the curtain on its robotics research. On Monday, the company published a blog post detailing three of its robotics projects. Each focuses on finding ways for robots to teach ...

Current robots are severely limited in their intelligence by the constraints inherent in rigid electronic hardware frameworks. The advancement of flexible electronic technology has driven a component ...

Each arm has seven degrees of freedom (DOF), allowing the robot to interact with more objects like doors. The standard configuration includes the UV light as one hand. This can address surfaces that ...

Robots are everywhere, from the assembly line of major factories to the vacuums cleaning the living room carpet. As big tech companies continue to innovate, they are only becoming increasingly woven ...