That's the idea behind the SwitchBot Multitasking Household Robot K20+ Pro, which uses multiple modular accessories to do everything from cleaning the floor to delivering packages. The company ...

But that could soon change: Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology have designed what they claim to be the world’s most modular construction robot, referring to the customizability ...

Taking a cue from nature’s evolutionary path from water to land, the Organic Robotics Lab and the Archer Group at Cornell Engineering have made a fascinating development in modular robotics.

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This biodegradable soft robot is inspired by origami. Researchers used a folding pattern known as Kresling origami to create a flexible, modular structure, which allowed them to build a 240 ...

ABB ROBOTICS added two modular large robots to its portfolio, the IRB 7710 and IRB 7720. Together with the previously introduced IRB 5710-IRB 5720 and IRB 6710-IRB 6740, this series offers 46 ...

For his Hackaday Prize entry, [Alberto] is building such a modular, self-reconfiguring robot: Dtto. To achieve the highest possible reconfigurability, [Alberto’s] robot is designed to be the ...

We investigate how reliable movement can emerge in aggregates of highly error-prone individuals. The individuals - robotic modules - reside in a planar environment and move stochastically using ...

China's LimX Dynamics launched a versatile bipedal robot last year with modular foot ends to walk or roll around as needed. Now the company has demonstrated its agility chops by having the squat bot ...

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Modular Fluidic Propulsion (MFP) is a novel concept for modular reconfigurable robots that promises to combine effective propulsion, a large reconfiguration space, and a scalable design. MFP robots ...

For his Hackaday Prize entry, [Alberto] is building such a modular, self-reconfiguring robot: Dtto. To achieve the highest possible reconfigurability, [Alberto’s] robot is designed to be the ...