While the Roborock Saros Z70 didn’t exactly live up to the hype, there’s no denying its robotic arm is still a cool piece of technology. Capable of picking up small objects in its path, moving them to ...

Soon, a flexible octopus-like robot could be completely free of wires or internal electronics. Engineers at Rice University have unveiled a new soft robotic arm controlled by laser beams.

Researchers at Rice University have developed a soft robotic arm capable of performing complex tasks such as navigating around an obstacle or hitting a ball, guided and powered remotely by laser beams ...

When I first started testing robot vacuums over a decade ago, my takeaway was that the idea held promise, but wasn't worth the price and the hassle just yet. At the time, robot vacuums weren't much ...

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Roborock's Saros Z70 is the first-ever robot vacuum with mechanical arm to tidy your space while it mops and vacuums. We got to test it at an exclusive prelaunch event. Ajay Kumar Editor Ajay has ...

He was able to grasp, move, and release objects simply by imagining himself performing the actions. The device, known as a brain-computer interface (BCI), functioned successfully for a record seven ...

A new brain-computer interface (BCI) powered by artificial intelligence (AI) allowed a paralyzed man, who could not speak or move, to control a robotic arm to grasp and move objects simply by ...

After three months of testing Roborock's ambitious Saros Z70, its headline-grabbing robotic arm is still just a proof of concept. Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a reporter, ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have enabled a man who is paralyzed to control a robotic arm that receives signals from his brain via a computer. He was able to grasp, move and drop objects just by ...

Elizabeth Blackert is a Rice University doctoral alumna who is the first author on a study published in Advanced Intelligent Systems. HOUSTON – (June 9, 2025) – Researchers at Rice University have ...