A robot powered by V-JEPA 2 can be deployed in a new environment and successfully manipulate objects it has never encountered before.

This a simulation ... arm to base_link elbow: lower_arm to upper_arm wrist: hand to lower_arm The motion of these joints are enabled by transmissions and the gazebo plugins. Added gripper to the urdf ...

Soon, a flexible octopus-like robot could be completely free of wires or internal electronics. Engineers at Rice University ...

Universal Robots says direct torque control has potential for cobot applications such as assembly and screwdriving.

Researchers at Rice University have developed a soft robotic arm capable of performing complex tasks such as navigating ...

Engineers at Rice University have developed a wire-free soft robotic arm capable of complex, real-time movements—powered and ...

In a proof-of-concept study that integrates smart materials, machine learning and an optical control system, a team of Rice researchers led by materials scientist Hanyu Zhu used a light-patterning ...

Abstract: In recent years, data-driven learning methods have been widely studied for autonomous robot skill learning ... and achieve effective policy simulation-to-reality (sim2real) transfer. First, ...

Abstract: Simulation representations of robots have advanced in recent years. Yet, there remain significant sim-to-real gaps because of modeling assumptions and hard-to-model behaviors such as ...

Rob Manfred announces ABS coming to the MLB in 2026, Jerry Reinsdorf lays out his plan for the next owner of the Chicago White Sox and the guys roll out another Friday edition of The Good, The Bad ...