Humanoid robots may be part of our future, but human psychology and the uncanny valley may stand between them and world ...

Computer-aided design (CAD) systems are tried-and-true tools used to design many of the physical objects we use each day. But ...

Soft robots that run on air instead of electricity are starting to behave less like simple inflatable toys and more like ...

A team led by Northwestern Engineering researchers has developed the first artificial intelligence (AI) to date that can intelligently design robots from scratch. To test the new AI, the researchers ...

Demonstration of Tactigon's system to teach movements to a robot without having to program it. — © AFP Demonstration of Tactigon's system to teach movements to a ...

Each robot costs only a single penny to manufacture. The robots could help advance everything from nanotechnology ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable ...

There is no avoiding robots. With increasing autonomy, satellites span the skies; vacuums vroom underfoot; and bots conduct surgery, deliver packages and explore the solar system. Robot expert Sooyeon ...

Driving robots around a field of obstacles might look like fun. But for soldiers in combat, those robots perform the dirty, dusty and dangerous jobs that save lives. As engineer Francis Govers of ...

The director of the science fiction movie I, Robot, has weighed in on Elon Musk's recently unveiled robot and vehicle designs. Proyas' comments came after Tesla hosted an event titled "We Robot" on ...

The AI-designed robot has three legs, rear fins, a flat face and is riddled with holes — something a human engineer would never conceive. Inventor of xenobots unveils new advance toward artificial ...

In a joint advance from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan, engineers have designed the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever built – ...