Howard Huang is laser focused on turning his Shenzhen-based Orbbec into the world’s top supplier of advanced 3D vision sensors for humanoids.

A 3D structured-light imaging system creates the human-like capabilities deployed in the design of a Robomotive humanoid robot jointly developed by Yaskawa Motoman, Beltech, and Robotiq. The so-called ...

What defines a robotics company? Seoul Robotics builds no robots – but it has developed a technology crucial to all autonomous systems. As their motto says, Seoul Robotics does not make robots, but it ...

Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for the development of advanced medical devices, including tiny robots that can safely move inside the human body. Some of these systems ...

Visitors to Omron Automation’s exhibit at PACK EXPO Connects can’t help but notice the company’ vision and robotics. This is particularly noticeable in two of Omron’s demos—one featuring the ...

Tangram Vision, a startup building software and hardware for robotic perception, unveiled a new 3D depth sensor today called HiFi that packs powerful computer vision capabilities into an off-the-shelf ...

Researchers have developed a new model that trains four-legged robots to see more clearly in 3D. The advance enabled a robot to autonomously cross challenging terrain with ease -- including stairs, ...

Indoor farms, also known as vertical farms, are popular among agricultural researchers and are expanding across the ...

If you have a medium-to-large lawn of up to 1,500 square metres, you could do worse than give the YUKA 1500 a whirl. It has the amazing ability to collect grass clippings in its optional grass catcher ...

One of the first real-world applications of IoT (Internet of Things) technologies that provided tangible benefits to manufacturers of all sizes involved optimizing equipment maintenance via the ...

Vision technology is shifting from image capture to object recognition and tracking. Robots with advanced 3D capability can differentiate objects, perceive human form. How autonomous robots are ...