Force-feedback bilateral teleoperation—the technology that lets human operators feel and manipulate distant objects via a robot—has accelerated markedly in the past decade. In the comprehensive survey ...

Variable admittance control (VAC) has emerged as a pivotal framework in realising safe, efficient, and responsive human–robot interaction (HRI). This dynamic control strategy adjusts the robot’s ...

“I’ll be back,” Arnold Schwarzenegger famously promised in the 1984 sci-fi hit The Terminator. He wasn’t kidding. In a 2023 interview, the actor turned governor suggested that the movie’s vision of ...

Robot astronauts could build cities for humans on Mars by remote control, boffins say. Experts could operate the 'bots from an orbiting space station. Astronaut Jonny Kim has already taken control of ...