It's a game a lot of us played as children -- and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineer, this game was an inspiration, ...

Engineers create GRIP-tape, a soft, low-cost robotic gripper made from measuring tape, ideal for safely handling delicate ...

The machine typically collects about half an orchard’s ripe apples, with human crews following up to pick fruit the robot ...

We have one robot that is already being used in the ... them to the pack house before driving back out to carry on picking. Kiwi-fruit are relatively easy as they hang down from an overhead ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Robots are getting more advanced every day. But many of them have difficulties performing delicate tasks and adapting to changing circumstances. This new invention ...

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A team of bioengineers at Harvard University's Rowland Institute has found two new ways to control a tiny creature, ...

Tech companies in Israel have designed fruit-picking drones and tree-pollinating "paddles" to make farms more efficient at a time of worker shortages and climate change. In Chile, flying robots ...

That’s because the tape is both robust and flexible; can be stored in a small container when retracted; and can reach far when extended. After a series of trial-and-error experiments, the engineers ...