Without doubt, robotics owes a lot to the Lego Mindstorms kit. Over the years, this simple collection of Lego pieces and its...

Force torque sensors are now ubiquitous in robotics, but where did they come from? What series of inventions and discoveries...

You might not believe it but you can make your research experiments instantly more effective by taking the time to write down...

The ability to design good scientific experiments is a key skill for any robotic researcher. Without a grasp of experimental...

As everyone starts to look for "the big technology trends of 2016", it seems that one technology is overshadowing all others -...

Just like any career, robotics demands a unique set of hard and soft skills.

You might be good at electronics, but do you have...

Tributes for Joseph F. Engelberger have been pouring in from the robotics community since he died on the 1st of December this...

When starting out with collaborative robots it can be challenging to decide which tasks to assign them. Many operations have...

Calculating the Forward Kinematics is often the first step to using a new robot. But, how do you get started?

While there are...