Countless startups are trying to solve hard robotics problems in industry. But few are looking to bring the tech into homes. Well, few except for Matic. A relatively new venture founded by Navneet ...

What if a robot could map hazardous spaces in real-time, converting hundreds of images into an accurate 3D map instantly?

MIT researchers have built a new AI system that allows robots to create detailed 3D maps of complex environments within ...

A new approach could help a search-and-rescue robot navigate an unpredictable environment by rapidly generating an accurate ...

An architecture project in London has been using Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot, Spot, to gather data from a construction site and map out a digital twin of its office space. The project—the ...

It’s one thing to keep robots from crashing into fixed obstacles like walls or furniture, but preventing collisions with other moving things is a much tougher challenge. Targeting teams of robots ...

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An Amazon sidewalk mapping robot being driven in Everett, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Tim Ellis) While I was out on an ordinary drive through Everett, Wash., on Saturday morning, in between grabbing a ...

TOKYO – Hitachi is working on an R2D2-like security robot on wheels that can map out its surroundings using infrared sensors and a camera to detect missing items, suspicious packages and intruders.

Thousands of robots are soon to embark on a project to create 3D maps of galaxies to find out how dark energies affect space. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project, of which members ...