Automation and digitization are revolutionizing nearly every industry, but in old school fields like construction, automation technologies have the potential to be truly transformative. The sector is ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

When designing robots, researchers have long turned to the natural world for inspiration, from robots that can leap and bound like dogs to aquatic robots that can swim like squids. And by turning ...

Navigates by "celestial compass" sensitive to polarized light from sky; promises new control strategies for autonomous vehicles. AntBot walks about and returns home using polarized light as a guide.

Gates, N.Y. — The rainy weather has caused headaches for many local youth sports organizations this spring. For all the weather-related interruptions, one venue hasn't had to worry about is keeping ...

Mountain View, Calif.-based construction robotic solutions provider Dusty Robotics announced May 10 that it has closed a $45 million Series B round, bringing total funding for its FieldPrinter robotic ...

Swarms of robots equipped with GPS and sensors were released May 9 into California rivers to measure water flow, salinty levels, and pollution, reports OurAmazingPlanet.com. The Floating Sensor ...

Ordinarily, when we hear about robots or other devices that are able to independently navigate outdoors, it's a given that they use GPS. French scientists have developed an alternative, however, in ...

In February, while China in the Northern Hemisphere was still experiencing harsh winter conditions, Australia in the Southern Hemisphere was basking in scorching heat. At a photovoltaic power plant ...

Desert ants are extraordinary solitary navigators. Researchers were inspired by these ants as they designed AntBot, the first walking robot that can explore its environment randomly and go home ...