Robotics engineering is a multidisciplinary field including electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering. It deals with designing, building, operating, and engineering robots and robotic systems ...

Earlier this year, Microsoft and Open Robotics' Robot Operating System (ROS) was made generally available. The open source robotics framework allows for the development of robotics software, ...

First released in 2007 by two Stanford PhD students who observed their colleague’s lack of entry into the robotics field, the Robot Operating System (ROS) was developed to be a distributed and modular ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. Today you might own one robot. Maybe a Roomba, maybe a lawn-mowing robot, or maybe just a ...

In a world of ever-evolving robots, some of you might remember the one that more or less started it all: the Honda-made Asimo, a humanoid robot that broke cover back in the year 2000 at the CES show ...

Many companies are focused on building robots, or the hardware components to help them move, grip objects, or interact with the world around them. Silicon Valley-based OpenMind is focused under the ...

When the internal combustion engine became reliable and dropped in price in the early 20th century, the technology began to see broad adoption both inside and outside transportation. Engines were used ...