Latest Robotics Articles and Videos

Startup Validates its MEMS Scanning Mirror Process for LiDARs

Setting out to overcome the drawbacks of today’s LiDAR mirror alternatives, Omnitron Sensors has crafted a 3D MEMS technology fit for low-cost, high-volume markets.

About 3 days ago by Jeff Child

Robot Fingers Use “RoboSkin”—More Sensitive Than Human Skin

BeBop Sensors has released a new reference design dubbed “RoboSkin” to provide a highly sensitive sense of touch to the next generation of advanced robots.

October 18, 2022 by Aaron Carman

Depth Sensors Visualize Volumes

Technology advancements in accelerometers, displays, audio, and graphics have furthered immersive realities, but the engineer’s work is not finished yet.

In partnership with Mouser Electronics

TinyML In Action—Creating a Voice Controlled Robotic Subsystem

We’ll be walking you through creating a robotic subsystem with a voice-activated motor leveraging machine learning (ML) and an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense.

July 03, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Robot Highlight—Mini Cheetah Hits New Speeds

Highlighting recent robotics research, MIT's robot "mini cheetah" combines the best of electronics and machine learning to zoom towards the future.

April 23, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski

WiBotic Gets Creative With New Wireless Charging for Robots and Drones

Different types of robots require different types of charging. Wibotic can keep options flexible by providing programmable onboard chargers.

August 17, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

Ep. 20 | Dr. Aaron Edsinger, CEO & Co-founder of Hello Robot and Former Head of Robotics at Google on Humanity in Robots

What does it mean to design robotics with humans in mind? This week, Dave talks with Dr. Aaron Edsinger, roboticist and CEO/Co-founder of Hello Robot.

March 18, 2021 by Dave Finch

Use Compact Industrial Robots to Make Any Shop More Productive

What has held robots back from large-scale deployment in smaller operations as co-worker robots and why is that changing? Learn how changes are happening through these example robots from KUKA Robotics Corp. in the form of manipulator arms.

In partnership with Digi-Key Electronics

Researchers at TU Dresden and HZDR Develop World’s First Neurotransistor

Using semiconductor materials, a joint research team claims to have successfully imitated the functioning of neurons—combining data storage and processing on a single component.

August 20, 2020 by Luke James

Precisely Capture Servo Motor Position Using a High-Speed Simultaneous Sampling ADC

Autonomous drones and robots utilize small motors. These fast-spinning mini motors require miniature encoders and IC package sizes. This article shows how an optical sinusoidal encoder provides a higher resolution and increased speeds with a 2x3 mm dual simultaneous-sampling SAR-ADC.

August 11, 2020 by Bonnie Baker, Maxim Integrated

Ep. 4 | The Future Is Coding: The Firmware and Software of Hardware Design

Electrical engineers are increasingly tasked with firmware and even software design—and it turns out it may be with pretty good reason. Are EEs ready?

June 25, 2020 by Dave Finch