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

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 ...

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

After submerging the robot in underwater tunnels designed to mimic swimming near the sea floor, their tests indicate that ...

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

NEW YORK — 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, ...

Scientists create smallest programmable robots ever - smaller than salt grains, these breakthrough microscopic machines could ...

Scientists have created a robot that learns lip movements by watching humans rather than following preset rules. The ...

Standing-room-only event was part of CU Boulder’s annual Research & Innovation Week held Oct. 14-18 The College of Engineering & Applied Science welcomed a packed audience to its Robotics Showcase on ...

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Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.