The Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris in France recently welcomed a group of "socially assistive" robots to alleviate the workload for its human staff.

Assistive robots and related technologies are revolutionising the way society caters to the needs of an ageing population and individuals with disabilities. By integrating collaborative robotics ...

Accessibility can be challenging, but with the advancement of robotics, there is a lot to look forward to in the world of accessibility. Assistive robots not only help today; they build a future ...

But researchers at Virginia Tech are working on a solution, one that starts with a slice of pizza. Making a pizza might seem ...

AI and robotics are driving innovation in assistive technology. But there's still work to be done to ensure that the tech is affordable and widely available. This article is part of "5G and ...

An important challenge is to obtain assistive robots that are lightweight, comfort, and simple to use, yet powerful enough to produce sufficiently fast and large assistance to wearers. Existing ...

Reza Abiri is working to restore some independence for stroke survivors and people with physical disabilities through ...

UCF aims to leverage assistive robotics to help people with limited upper extremity disabilities through his new research project, Mobile Robot Manipulators for Learning and Executing Instrumental ...

Tega is a new platform, developed at MIT, for research in socially assistive robotics. The Tega design expands on MIT's past work with squash-and-stretch style robots like Dragonbot but introduces ...

In recent years, with the rapid development of technology, carbon fiber materials have gradually become an important component in various industries, especially in the field of robotics. On August 27, ...