The tiny bots follow patterns of light and "artificial space-time," navigating like craft following the curved space around a ...

Scientists with the San Francisco Estuary Institute are deploying robotic stormwater samplers in creeks to track pollutants ...

The newest frontier in robotics is almost invisible to the naked eye. Researchers have built a robot smaller than a grain of salt that can not only move through its environment but also sense what is ...

Should robots be able to cannibalize each other so they can accelerate their evolution, bringing them closer to resembling self-sufficient lifeforms capable of living independently of their human ...

Robots can do a lot these days. Cleaning houses, building machines, helping doctors in surgery, and now, a scientist based out of China is working on a robot that can carry a human fetus to term. The ...

A research team in South Korea has developed a soft robot named Octoid that can mimic the movement and behavior of an octopus in its natural habitat. The robot's "triple-in-one" system enables it to ...

When it comes to robot musicians, talent runs the gamut about as much as it does for humans. From the bizarre double-armed machine that made a guest appearance in Sweden last fall when it played cello ...

It has a synthetic uterus, fake amniotic fluid, and a plastic umbilical cord. And if its creators are right, it might deliver a human baby by next year. The robot is called GEAIR. It’s being developed ...

A University of Galway research team studied a rare ocean phenomenon, shedding new light on changing climate conditions in the Arctic. In their study, they used an Air-Sea Interaction Profiler, a ...

Neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction. One study recently found that neurotic traits in a robot can make them seem more relatable. In science fiction, robots can be neurotic. Think "Star ...

Nils J. Nilsson, a computer scientist who helped develop the first general purpose robot and was a co-inventor of algorithms that made it possible for the machine to move about efficiently and perform ...