LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Attendees at International CES in Las Vegas, January 6-9, will encounter a new industrial robotic gripper archetype as Empire Robotics demonstrates the precision, gentle ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Attendees at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago, September 8 – 13, will be the first to witness the commercially available version of Empire ...

Last year, Gizmag reported on Empire Robotics’ Versaball Gripper, which looks like an executive stress ball, but is, in fact, an industrial robotic gripper designed to safely handle a wide variety of ...

The robot gripper invented by researchers at the University of Chicago and Cornell University is now available commercially. Empire Robotics, the company founded to commercialize the invention, is ...

A robotic grasper with fewer moving parts is hitting the market, and it doesn't even have fingers. The Versaball relies on jamming transition to pick up and move objects with a minimum of hassle.

The first mental image you get when you hear the word “robot” is a metallic device with motors, controllers, nuts, and bolts, right? Researchers at Empire Robotics have challenged this standard ...

Who says you need opposable thumbs to assemble objects or operate complex machinery? Empire Robotics has been working on the plush sphere of the future with their so-called “jamming-based robot ...

Despite their humanity-threatening roles in sci-fi movies, robots these days tend to perform pretty banal tasks. So if you work in industrial robotics—as does John Amend (BS ’08), co-founder and CTO ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In a week full of noisy robotics news, from the machines rolling ...

The robot gripper invented by researchers at the University of Chicago and Cornell University is now available commercially. Empire Robotics, the company founded to commercialize the invention, is ...