JACK GUEZ / AFP via Getty Images 8.In 1979, 25-year-old Robert Williams was working at a Ford Motor Company plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, when he became the first person ever killed by a robot.

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Past development of robotic handling systems has focused on making them like the human hand and equipping them with technologies such as machine learning. The new two-jawed parallel plate gripper ...

A University of Toronto Engineering team has collaborated with researchers in the Wilfred and Joyce Posluns Centre for Image ...

Mar. 26, 2025 — A tiny magnetic robot which can take 3D scans from deep within the body, that could revolutionize early cancer detection, has been developed by researchers. The team say this is ...

The world of robot vacuums has seen rapid improvement over the past few years, with many of the best models now serving as both vacuums and mops — allowing them to clean up your home in a single ...