In the 1980s when micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) were first created, computer engineers were excited by the idea ...

In the 1980s, when micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) were first invented, engineers imagined a future where robots ...

Now, as a student in Northwestern Engineering's Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) program, Patil developed an open-source software package that filled what he saw as a gap in the robotics community.

The DR1000 four-axis delta robot from igus has a 1,000mm working diameter and an additional rotary axis that provides four degrees of freedom. Its pick rate of 96 picks per minute makes it suitable ...