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 ...

A team from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan has built the tiniest programmable, self-driving ...

A new open-source bipedal robot, dubbed MEVITA, has been designed by engineers at the JSK Robotics Laboratory of the University of Tokyo, Japan. Interestingly, MEVITA aims to tackle the common issues ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a fire breaks out, every second counts – and for firefighters, stepping into a burning building can mean facing intense heat, ...

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