Asoft-bodied humanoid robot developed in China can stretch its limbs to more than three times their original length, shrink ...

Nature is, of course, the master engineer—been there, seen it, solved it. While we struggle to design buildings that don't ...

Robots that can think and move are no longer confined to factory floors or humanoid prototypes. Researchers have now shrunk fully programmable machines to a size smaller than a grain of sand, packing ...

Just like bees, the individual robots in this simulation have no master plan. Simply by responding to local cues, they are able to construct honeycomb-like structures. The method could presage a new ...

Robotics is moving onto the critical path of data center construction and operations. From fleet-based drilling to perception ...

Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

At first glance, the TR1 looks like a compact, square-bodied cleaning robot. But that’s only half the story. With a ...