Robotics

As collaborative robots (cobots) are increasingly deployed alongside human operators, their system architectures continue to evolve toward higher integration, reduced size and greater modularity. These trends place growing demands on interconnect design, as connectors must deliver stable electrical performance while accommodating motion, vibration, assembly tolerance and long-term mechanical stress within confined spaces. Unlike conventional industrial robots, cobots typically employ lightweight ...

Power Integrations implementing its GaN technology in its TOPSwitch flyback ICs, Global foundry revenue projected to grow 25% and Arm designing its first production silicon proprietary CPU...

STMicroelectronics and Leopard Imaging are introducing a multi-sensor module for humanoid and advanced robotics vision applications. The module – which integrates natively with NVIDIA Jetson and Isaac robot development platforms – combines 2D imaging, 3D depth sensing, and human-like motion perception. Technical Specifically, the module incorporates the ST VB1940 automotive-grade RGB-IR 5.1-megapixel image sensor, which has combined rolling shutter and ...

Axivion for CUDA has been announced by Qt Group as part of Nvidia’s Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab for automated safety checking of robots and autonomous vehicles. It provides continuous GPU/CPU code analysis measured against Nvidia guidelines and industry standards and generates the documentation needed by Halos for sign-off. It also enables the early detection of problematic issues to reduce ...

TI is combining its motor control, sensing and power technologies with Nvidia’s robotics compute, Ethernet-based sensing and simulation technologies to validate perception, actuation and safety of humanoid robots earlier and more accurately. TI connects Nvidia physical AI compute to real-world applications with deterministic control, sensing, power and safety at every joint and subsystem. This partnership will help developers move faster ...

As the fifth generation to have lived on and worked on her family’s farm in North Dakota, Katie Pinke has seen firsthand the technological evolution that is reshaping the future of agriculture. Manual, time-consuming processes that filled my grandparents’ workdays are now automated and easy to monitor. My 95-year-old grandmother loved the luxury of buying pasteurised milk at the grocery ...

How do you represent the "emotional essence" of music? Well, the University of Waterloo, in Canada, is turning to robots to find the answer...

An event to note: the 2026 Imperial Robotics Summer School. The week-long programme will run from 20-24 July this year and the call for applications is now open. Specifically, the Imperial College Robotics Forum is inviting people from around the world to take part. These can be current and recent STEM postgraduates, early career researchers, or industry professionals. Kinematics The ...

Developing adaptive robotic swarm systems that communicate and act autonomously, remains a challenge, say Samuel Bateman and Chris Froud. Using swarms of drones to autonomously perform critical or labour-intensive missions, such as assembling structures in challenging environments (e.g. field hospitals), monitoring large expanses of agricultural land for pests, structural health surveys, or for security purposes (e.g. intercepting other drones in ...

Omron is expanding its TM S Series of collaborative robots. There are three new models and an update to the TMflow Software for programming and managing the systems. TM S series The TM30S (pictured, above and right) is a 30kg payload model designed for heavy-duty collaborative tasks, for example, palletising and machine tending. And the expanded range  includes the TM20S, ...