MIT and partners developed a technique for robots to identify object properties by lifting and shaking, using internal ...

Vulcan, a robot with tactile senses, is a step toward automating more of picking and stowing work done by humans inside ...

At just under one and a half inches tall—about the height of a LEGO minifigure—Zippy is the world’s smallest self-powered ...

A human clearing junk out of an attic can often guess the contents of a box simply by picking it up and giving it a shake, without the need to see what's inside. Researchers from MIT, Amazon Robotics, ...

Standing at 1.5 inches tall — roughly the size of a LEGO minifigure — “Zippy” the robot can skip, climb, turn and walk. Additionally, the robot is comprised of a self-contained system that includes a ...