Hand-eye calibration constitutes a cornerstone in the integration of robotic systems with vision sensors, enabling the precise mapping between the coordinate frames of the robot manipulator and the ...

Readers with long memories will remember the days when mice and other similar pointing devices relied upon a hard rubber ball in contact with your desk or other surface, that transmitted any motion to ...

Robots could soon have a softer, more human touch thanks to optical pressure sensors embedded in an artificial "skin." Robots are hardly known for their gentle actions -- it's either on or off, so to ...

One of humankind's most important senses for navigating our world is our ability to see in three dimensions (3D), so it makes sense to give our robots the same capability. But how we see may or may ...

A bionic eye could restore sight to the blind and greatly improve robotic vision, but current visual sensors are a long way from the impressive attributes of nature’s design. Now researchers have ...

Researchers are making key advances with a new type of optical sensor that more closely mimics the human eye's ability to perceive changes in its visual field. Researchers at Oregon State University ...

Bees are known to have great vision and now scientists have created a system that mimics what a honeybee sees. The system could be applied to flying vehicles like drones and robots. The light-weight ...

It’s designed primarily for a range of industrial operations, among them material gathering and transport, pick-and-place tasks, machine tending, tool use, and fine manipulation. The new robot has a ...