Humanoid robots are moving fast from science fiction into factories, warehouses, hospitals, and even field operations. As companies race to deploy human-shaped machines that can work existing tools ...

The Electronic Dolphin is a small robot developed by engineers from RMIT University in Australia to test an innovative method for cleaning oil spills from the ocean. It is a remote-controlled ...

When it comes to systems for cleaning up marine oil spills, most of them simply float in place, waiting for the oil to come to them. A new robot, however, could proactively move through oil slicks – ...

Robots that can actually do things are not slick yet, and it's a relief when robotics companies don't hide from that. Reading time 2 minutes Humanoid, a UK-based robotics company, may have just ...

Barring a few exemplary cases, refineries continue to rely heavily on manual interventions, reactive maintenance and periodic ...