Robots: Building, Navigation, Manufacturing and Research

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Building and mobile robots

A small two-wheel robot sits beside geared motors, a chassis plate, fasteners and a screwdriver.

How to Build a Robot: A First Wheeled-Robot Project

Build a small robot project in stages, program a short supervised drive, and test its movement and bump response.

A four-wheel rover follows a teal route around an obstacle in an architectural corridor model.

Autonomous Navigation: How a Robot Finds and Follows a Route

Trace a mobile robot's navigation loop, diagnose common route failures, and plan a small supervised test with useful evidence.

An insect-inspired folded-sheet robot sits beside shell pieces, a phone and three amber experiment markers.

Kamigami Robots: A Legacy Owner's Support and Learning Guide

Identify a Kamigami kit, check app and device support before spending money, find official assembly diagrams, and choose a feasible learning activity.

Industrial applications and production

A miniature guarded robot cell contains a gripper, fixture and short conveyor beside a planning notebook and hourglass.

Manufacturing Robots: Plan a Useful First Automation Project

Assess task suitability, production capacity, integration costs and acceptance tests before specifying a robot cell.

A navy articulated robot arm with an empty gripper stands beside an ivory workpiece and clear orientation frames.

6-Axis Robots: Reach, Payload, Tool Orientation and Selection

Understand six-axis motion, interpret payload and precision claims, and turn an application into a robot specification.

A cutaway model shows a robot processing head above clamped metal coupons with an extraction hood.

Laser Welding Robots: Prepare a Useful Process Trial

Evaluate joint fit-up, tooling, laser access, weld quality and complete cycle time before specifying a robotic laser-welding cell.

A smooth white robot holds a glass substrate above a fixture inside a miniature cleanroom station.

Cleanroom Robots: Specify the Process and Check the Evidence

Read a robot cleanroom qualification, define the installed cell's requirements, and prepare a supplier evidence checklist.

A miniature factory has robot assembly islands, an autonomous parts carrier and a glass planning model.

Robots Make Robots: Understanding ABB's Shanghai Factory

Follow the Shanghai robot factory from announcement to opening, and understand how assembly cells, mobile logistics, data and people work together.

Security and emerging robotics

A wheeled patrol robot follows a teal route through a courtyard past a camera, entrance and amber observation marker.

Security Robots: AI Advances, Capabilities and Limits

Understand current AI capabilities, compare patrol and inspection platforms, and distinguish supported functions from experimental claims.

A generic wheeled patrol robot follows a teal courtyard route past an entrance, charging dock and conceptual route panel.

Autonomous Security Robots: Plan and Measure a Property Pilot

Define patrol coverage, alert response, operating limits and data handling, then evaluate a security robot with measurable site tests.

A glass display case holds a conceptual DNA hinge model, colored molecular strands and two illustrated conformations.

Nanorobots Explained: DNA Machines and the Evidence Behind the Claims

Understand molecular motion, compare landmark experiments with recent research, and distinguish laboratory evidence from clinical claims.

Robotics history, research and the arts

Explore the machines, research and stories that shape how people understand robots.

An imagined robotics gallery displays an industrial arm, planetary rover and retro humanoid linked by a teal floor line.

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