As you ease your way into work for another year in 2012, I thought that it would be a good time for a reminder. Throughout the year you will be faced with occasions when you will need to make a judgement call. It may be through a struct...

Fueled by its best quarter in six years, the North American robotics industry jumped 41% in the first half of 2011, according to new statistics released by Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry tr...

A floppy robotic hand that stiffens when air is sucked out, much like a vacuum-packed brick of coffee, may form the basis of a new type of robotic gripping mechanism, US researchers say.The gripper is essentially a latex balloon filled w...