March 5, 2025

The nonprofit ARM Institute said it intends to be a broker between robotics and manufacturing stakeholders. | Source: ARM Institute The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute made two announcements today. The institute opened its latest project call, and it added employer capabilities to RoboticsCareer.org. The latest project call supports the ARM Institute’s effort to build a national repository for artificial intelligence-based manufacturing resources. For now, the ARM Institute is calling this national repository

Walking into your favorite restaurant and seeing a robot chef in the kitchen may seem far-fetched, but a University of Mississippi professor’s research says bots could be a solution to persistent labor shortages in the industry. Jeffrey Pittman II, instructional assistant professor in nutrition and hospitality management, is researching the potential benefits — and numerous doubts — that surround robots invading the kitchen. “We have to look at this from the standpoint of, ‘What benefits

Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds. The system’s hybrid design is a first for robotic hands, which have typically been too rigid or too soft to replicate a human’s touch when handling objects of varying textures and materials. The innovation offers a promising