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Feed SubscriptionKiva Powers Up Web Commerce With New Bot-On-Bot Action
These amazing bro-bots work in pairs and in three dimensions to vastly improve efficiency and organization--without incessant high-fiving! Watch a time-lapse video of them moving Diapers.com's entire stock to a new location in 36 hours flat! With new upgrades, Kiva Systems robots, the productivity-boosting, pick-and-pull helpers at the warehouses of Diapers.com, Walgreens, Gilt Groupe , and many others, are working in pairs--and in all three dimensions. And they're answering a huge new e-commerce demand
Read More »Flexible, rolling robot copies caterpillar’s escape mechanism [Video]
Robots inspired by nature are nothing new--in addition to all the humanoid bots out there, roboticists have mimicked numerous other animal species, for instance with the uncannily canine BigDog robot . [More]
Read More »Robot measures radiation at Fukishima Daiichi site, verdict unclear
After weeks on standby, robots have been called from the sidelines to help inspect reactor buildings at Japan's damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Read More »Meet the Remote-Controlled Sea Robots That Can Explore Antarctica
The same company behind the popular Roomba robocleaner is producing an underwater robot that can stay below the surface for months.
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