If your algorithm takes minutes to find a plan, as opposed to seconds, that costs the business money," says MIT graduate student William Shen SM '23, lead author of the paper on this technique.

The robot is built on an open platform with a customizable design, featuring a combination of 3D printed parts and a steel frame for durability, and includes speakers for audio feedback.

We’ve known the headless dog robot for a few years now, but only in recent times, after it went on sale for commercial applications in 2020 for $75,000, did we actually get to witness it at work.

A fully autonomous robot that can quickly and reliably test materials, boosting both speed and accuracy in self-driving labs.

Described in the cover article of this month's Science Robotics, Caltech's innovative algorithm called Spectral Expansion Tree Search helps autonomous robotic systems make optimal ...

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To waste less energy, robots need to do less of everything: move less, and think less, and sense less. They need to focus only on what’s important at any particular moment.