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A sleek white and silver wheeled robot with a humanoid upper torso and articulated five-fingered hands stands in a bright modern warehouse, rows of shelving vis
Robotics

The clever gearbox trick that could make humanoid robots affordable by 2027

German engineering giant Schaeffler has cracked a manufacturing problem that has kept robot joints expensive and slow to produce. Its answer: stamp them out in seconds instead of machining them over minutes.

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Robotics

NASA Gives Pittsburgh Robotics Firm a Contract to Build Tinier, Tougher Robot Joints

HEBI Robotics just picked up a second NASA small-business contract. The goal: shrink the motors that move robot arms down to a size that fits inside a small satellite, without jacking up the price.

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