NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.

Scientists taught a robot 1,000 physical tasks in one day using one demo each. This leap could reshape home robots and ...

Robot skin that senses touch and pain — and triggers instant reflexes — makes robots more like humans. It probably also makes ...

Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for ...

We look back at some of the many robots that iRobot developed in addition to the Roomba over the past 35 years.

China has developed a neuromorphic electronic skin that lets robots feel touch, detect injury, and react to pain with ...

Scientists found a way to animate everyday objects and predict your next move, so your stapler is always nearby when you need ...

The researchers behind the recent work, based in China, decided to implement something similar for an artificial skin that ...

Humanoid robots are expected to be deployed in factories and households - carrying out both basic and, potentially, advanced tasks. Bringing robots that look and move like humans to households and ...

Robots that move, sense and even coordinate with one another usually bring to mind tangled wires, circuit boards and humming ...

China has turned a science fiction trope into industrial policy, opening a dedicated “robot school” where humanoid machines ...

Early humanoid deployments will often rely on teleoperation: humans controlling robots remotely to perform useful tasks while ...