A robot is only as good as its sensors, so researchers at Stanford University and UC San Diego have developed a new "4D" camera that greatly enhances robotic vision. Billed as the first-ever ...

If you need your robot to pick and place different objects or handle objects in different orientations, you’ll need a robot vision system. Understanding the differences among 2D, 3D, and 2.5D cameras ...

18 years into the new millennium, there are a number of exciting and evolving electronic innovations taking place. Among them is the development of ‘intelligent’ robots for industry, especially in ...

In more complex applications, OmniCore EyeMotion can be combined with ABB’s Automatic Path Planning Online, which can plan ...

One of humankind's most important senses for navigating our world is our ability to see in three dimensions (3D), so it makes sense to give our robots the same capability. But how we see may or may ...

It may resemble a human, but Fourier Intelligence’s GR-1 robot has six eyes instead of two — the robotics company recently updated its humanoid robot with six cameras that give it a full 360-degree ...

A project at the University of Maryland (UMD) has taken inspiration from the natural world for a camera that could improve robot vision. Bioinspired vision systems have already taken many forms, ...

To help foster collaboration between human workers and robots, the next generation of robots needs to have far superior skills compared to their traditional counterparts. This includes highly advanced ...

Shares of Shenzhen-based Orbbec have surged more than 315% over the past year, propelling Howard Huang, its 45-year-old founder, into the three-comma club. In 2013, Howard Huang, a trained engineer ...

Readers with long memories will remember the days when mice and other similar pointing devices relied upon a hard rubber ball in contact with your desk or other surface, that transmitted any motion to ...