Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept method for programming mechanical properties ...

A European team has taken a bold step in space robotics with a new mission concept, published in Science Robotics, designed ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

Hidden lava tunnels on the Moon and Mars could one day shelter human explorers, offering natural protection from radiation and space debris. A European research team has unveiled a bold new mission ...

As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like "eyebrows" and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks ...

Here’s some nightmare fuel from the world of robotics: a robot arm with a six-fingered hand that can detach itself and crawl ...

Members of the New Scientist Book Club give their take on Sierra Greer's award-winning science-fiction novel Annie Bot, our ...

The Nature study, published in November 2023, attracted significant media attention because it claimed that an autonomous ...

The Columbia University researchers achieved the feat by allowing their robot, EMO, to study itself in a mirror. It learned ...