Construction is dangerous work. Between the powerful equipment, hazardous materials, and often-precarious environments, it’s not all that surprising that construction workers experience frequent ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, or AIST, has developed a humanoid robot that can ...

On the surface, hanging drywall doesn’t sound like one of the more dangerous activities a construction professional can engage in on the jobsite. However, thanks to things like chronic schedule ...

JAPAN -- Check out this human-like robot that can install drywall. Ever so carefully, the robot uses its hands to grab onto the slab, it carries it over, then nails it into the wall. Japan's Advanced ...

Canvas CEO Kevin Albert said Sept. 12 that his company wants to do for interior construction what the steam shovel did for digging and excavating. He unveiled the construction robotics company’s ...

Canvas creates worker-controlled drywall finishing robots that provide consistent wall finishes faster than human workers.

If Japan's Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute has its way, construction workers might be a thing of the past. Researchers have built HRP-5P, a humanoid bot that can handle a variety ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Boston ...

JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation business and global manufacturer of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) and telehandlers, announced the acquisition of the core technology developed by ...

JLG has acquired core technology developed by Canvas, a San Francisco-based construction robotics technology company known ...