Using haptic technology as part of VR is still in its infancy, but researcher Scott Devine has a solution that diverges from traditional haptic feedback devices. He’s using a $25,000 industrial robot, ...

Appointment viewing comes to virtual reality with a one-time experience (don't worry, it's coming back soon). So what was it like? I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable ...

Working with robots is becoming more common in the recycling industry, helping automate tasks and making complicated work easier. But training human employees to work with robots can be difficult and ...

Veteran reporter and editor with over ten years of experience. Probably reading comic books. Because what's more serious than 100ft tall robots playing golf while battling through destructible ...

While NASA has a long history of sending probes and rovers into space, advancements in robotics has made deployment of human-like robots an increasingly attractive prospect. But it turns out that ...

At the threshold of the autonomous revolution, one fact has remained stubbornly consistent for the last half-century: Controlling robots is a pain. Virtual reality, it turns out, could be the key to ...

As amazing as VR can be, nothing breaks the immersion like putting your hand right through a wall. While some teams are using haptics to simulate the sense of touch, a new study has a clever ...

The appeal of virtual reality is the promise of being able to go anywhere—to ancient civilizations or fictional alien worlds—without ever leaving your home. Every day, technology brings this closer ...