Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WORCESTER ― As a leading university in robotics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute has designed robots that have performed tasks all ...

Researchers at WPI are using origami to design a robot that could help wheelchair users pick up and grasp objects. Worcester, Mass. (Feb. 18, 2025)–Inspired by origami, Worcester Polytechnic Institute ...

After working for two and a half years, putting in thousands of hours and writing more than a million lines of code, the robotics team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) finished in the top ...

The arm uses origami for its construction. Lightweight plastic is folded in construction. The arm is designed to assist people with disabilities. WORCESTER — When someone envisions a robotic arm, they ...

GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Just hours before the 2022 FIRST Global Challenge Opening Ceremonies at the Palexpo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in partnership with DEKA Research and Development ...

WORCESTER – Making an impact globally and locally was a theme throughout Saturday’s 149th commencement ceremony at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. A total of 1,026 bachelor’s degrees were awarded ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, Mass., will become the only university to offer bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in robotics engineering with the addition of a PhD program ...

AiM Medical Robotics in Worcester announced on Wednesday it has appointed Gregory Fischer as the company’s new CEO.The medical device company’s former CEO Robert Cathcart has been named executive ...

The College of Education & Human Development's Center for Learning and Literacy Wolf Pack Bots Robotics Team, also known as Los Lobos Robóticos, recently won the Breakthrough Award at the Northern ...

An announcement at Worcester Polytechnic Institute of new state funding for advanced manufacturing initiatives included Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito (fourth from right in back row), Executive Officer of ...

Human-shaped robots from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology lost to machines from South Korea, Florida, and Pennsylvania in a Pentagon-sponsored showdown ...