UCLA engineers have developed minuscule warehouse logistics robots that could help expedite and automate medical diagnostic technologies and other applications that move and manipulate tiny drops of ...

Picture a robot controlled by micromotors so small and light that it suspends itself over water like a bug. With engineers at the University of Virginia, that’s now an achievable reality. With their ...

Global electronic waste reached approximately 62 million metric tons in 2022, with soft robots—widely ...

A team led by Northwestern University’s Sam Kriegman built an AI system that designed a walking robot from scratch in seconds, then manufactured the result and watched it move across a lab bench. The ...

Noble Machines, a robotics startup founded by engineers from major U.S. technology and aerospace ...

Learn about the materials and technologies powering untethered micro devices in healthcare, and discover the clinical applications in oncology and vascular disease.

Researchers have developed a new, plant-inspired extrusion process that enables synthetic material growth, and the creation of a soft robot that builds its own solid body from liquid to navigate ...

CU Boulder researchers maneuver a robot through fallen rock and debris in an experimental mine tunnel in Colorado. Somewhere in the darkness ahead, potential survivors could be running out of air. The ...

The phrase "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" is doubly true for SWARM, the WashU Robotics team on the cutting edge of modular robotics. The project’s 15 members are working to create ...

Humanoid robots are rapidly improving in motion fluidity, making them more human-like and suitable for complex tasks.

Robots are everywhere, from the assembly line of major factories to the vacuums cleaning the living room carpet. As big tech companies continue to innovate, they are only becoming increasingly woven ...