These programmable machines differ in specialty within a broad range of applications.
From targeted drug delivery to environmental monitoring, microrobotics is poised to have a big impact.
Machine vision helps robots see and recognize their surroundings so they can perform more complex tasks.
Robots are an increasingly common crime-fighting tool for police and other law enforcement personnel. But how will they change the industry?
These living robots are redefining what it means to be a robot, trading in shiny metals and hardware for carefully configured frog cells.
Inspired by the sea cucumber’s ability to melt on demand, these small-scale machines can phase-change from solid to liquid — then back again.
From doing administrative tasks to performing surgeries, these medical robots are bringing innovation to the healthcare industry.
From cherry picking to cyborg cats, these machines are here to deliver robot-assisted services, and perhaps even make us smile.
From frying chicken wings and bussing tables to completing food deliveries, these restaurant robots are automating and advancing the food industry.
Robotics engineers do everything from building, testing and maintaining robots to developing new interfaces for interacting with them.
Brooke Becher
