Robot collective Magnetic microrobot swarms act as motors to move millimetre-sized passive objects without physical contact. (Courtesy: MPI-IS) Strong viscous interactions exist in microscale systems, ...

Nature has inspired engineers at UNSW Sydney to develop a soft fabric robotic gripper which behaves like an elephant's trunk to grasp, pick up and release objects without breaking them. The ...

Apple has filed for a patent (number 20220019335) that involves manipulating 3D objects on the screen of a Mac, iPhone, or iPad. In the patent filing, Apple notes that programming a computer-generated ...

Object manipulation tasks comprise sequentially organized action phases that are generally delineated by distinct mechanical contact events representing task subgoals. To achieve these subgoals, the ...

Researchers headed by a team at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University have developed a robot-assisted surgical technique that uses acoustic vortex tweezers to capture and move small ...