Abstract: To address the force/position control challenges in transitioning from free-space motion to tasks involving environmental contact, this paper proposes an Adaptive Dynamic Programming ...

Abstract: Following the official end-of-life of ROS 1 in May 2025, the robotics community is rapidly migrating to ROS 2, necessitating a rigorous re-evaluation of available simulation tools. This ...

Students in Lafayette High’s Principles of Engineering class programmed nine robots to play an excerpt from Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9,” more commonly known as “Ode to Joy.” This is the ...

Robots are reporting for duty in another Southern California suburb. Residents in Whittier may have spotted one of the city’s new “Daxbots” rolling along neighborhood sidewalks. The small, slow‑moving ...

Two separate delivery robots crashed into CTA bus shelters over the last three days. One of the videos shows a robot trying to move through broken glass after the impact. The footage went viral on ...

Tesla is making its biggest bet yet on humanoid robots. The company is pushing hard to move Optimus from demo stage to full-scale factory output, and its hiring activity shows just how serious that ...

Robotic machining has grown in popularity in recent years, driven by lower robot costs and increased flexibility. Compared with large CNC machines, industrial robots are relatively inexpensive, easy ...