One armed robot letters always start by coming straight down. Like the ‘r’ here. Then they go up and over. Other robot letters like ‘n’ use a similar technique. And ‘m’. Down, up, curve repeat is the ...

Imagine an army of robots holding real pens, writing real letters that look eerily realistic to a human’s handwriting. That’s the idea behind Handwrytten, an Arizona-based company that was one of the ...

A robot has learned how to mould modelling clay into letters that it has never seen before. Creating complex shapes out of doughy materials is a skill that could be put to use in the future in the ...