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Scribing robots are designed to automate one of construction’s most precise and repetitive tasks — the layout or marking process. In traditional building projects, workers manually mark floors, walls, and ceilings to indicate where partitions, openings, or utilities should be installed. This step is critical, as every trade depends on these markings for accurate alignment. However, manual scribing is time-consuming and prone to human error. […] Read More

Below, we’ve curated a chronological guide to major international robotics conferences, exhibitions, and symposia through the end of 2026, highlighting opportunities to explore emerging technologies, forge collaborations, and stay at the forefront of this dynamic discipline. International Robot Exhibition (ROBOTWORLD) 2025 – November 5–8, 2025 – Seoul, South Korea – https://eng.robotworld.or.kr/ – A major international exhibition showcasing a wide range of industrial and service robots, […] Read More

Domestic robots take over more and more tasks everyday. Below you can find a top robot list we have made for service robots, which means domestic (home and consumer use), and retail robots (the ones used in commercial, medical settings). You can find the general description of the methodology and the disclaimer below the table. Rank Robot Name Company Country 1 Roomba iRobot Corporation USA […] Read More

In robotics, physics engines and simulators serve different but complementary roles. A physics engine handles the mathematics of simulation such as computing forces, collisions, and the dynamics that make objects move and interact realistically. A simulator builds on these engines to provide a complete virtual testing environment, by adding sensors, 3D environments, visualization tools, and interfaces for communication with frameworks like ROS 2. In short, […] Read More

Multirotor drones, and mainly quadcopters are the most popular and versatile type of aerial drones, which found use in many fields, such as aerial photography, research, competitions and even military. With their X configuration, they are stable, efficient, easy to control and maneuver. In this post, we will list and describe high level design goals for multirotors / quadcopters. We will focus on components of […] Read More

When we talk about robots, the first images that come to mind are often machines that move, sense, and act here on Earth. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, twin spacecrafts launched in 1977, don’t fit that stereotype, but they share the same fundamental qualities. They are machines equipped with sensors, mechanisms for movement, decision-making routines, and the ability to act independently. In that sense, they […] Read More

When designing robots, there is the need for a system in standardized format, to describe physical and kinematic properties of a robot. This is achieved by a robot description format. There are several commonly used formats including but not limited to URDF, SDF, MJCF. URDF (Unified Robot Description Format) is an XML based format which describes physical and kinematic properties of a robot for use […] Read More