This new window-bot comes with a mini washing machine for its mop pads – it's cute but unnecessary

I've just been introduced to the new version of Ecovacs' windowbot – the WinBot W3 Omni – at CES 2026, and it comes with its ...
Interesting Engineering

Robot rovers to cars: 7 solar innovations shaping the future energy shift

These seven solar technologies from CES 2026 reveal how automation, new materials, and recycling are reshaping the future.
IEEE

Autonomous Robotic Drilling System for Mice Cranial Window Creation

Abstract: Robotic assistance for experimental manipulation in the life sciences is expected to enable favorable outcomes, regardless of the skill of the scientist. Experimental specimens in the life ...
IEEE

A Control Engineer's Guide to the Active Disturbance Rejection Control: A Case of Study in a Mecanum-Wheeled Mobile Robot

Abstract: Mecanum-wheeled mobile robots enable omnidirectional motion, allowing for enhanced motion and benefiting applications like surveillance, exploration, and transport. However, strong ...
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Glass octopus captured in rare footage by underwater robot

This rarely seen glass octopus bared all recently — even a view of its innards — when an underwater robot filmed it gracefully soaring through the deep waters of the Central Pacific Ocean. Judge deals ...
CBS News

iRobot, the maker of Roomba vacuums, files for bankruptcy and sells itself to Chinese company

Roomba maker iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday and said the robotic vacuum cleaner would sell itself to a Chinese contract manufacturer. Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., which ...