Automation technology suppliers are integrating robot kinematics directly into PLCs, simplifying programming, reducing costs, ...

Jun Zhang, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research interests lie in the intersection of control theory, robotics, ...

Chinese security tests show robots hacked in minutes via voice or wireless flaws, spreading attacks to other machines and ...

Robots are being put through all kinds of abuse these days. They’re being kicked, punched, shoved, and even dragged by a chain around their neck — all in an apparent effort to teach them how to adapt ...

Applicable to polishing, deburring, machining and assembly, force control is a flourishing robotics control scheme that allows robots to regulate the force they exert on every axis and joint. In ...

Precision is everything in robotics, says Kia Rahbar, marketing manager for isolated converters at Texas Instruments. His technical article “How advanced current and voltage sensing enable ...