A robot on the International Space Station has completed a job that until now has only been possible with spacesuit-clad astronauts conducting spacewalks. Late Monday (Aug. 29), the $200 million ...

Mercedes-Benz is integrating humanoid robots and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) across its manufacturing lines in the U.S. and Europe. This move aims to streamline production, boost efficiency, ...

A robotic mechanic may soon be up and functional to repair satellites in orbit. In a significant milestone, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) completed the development of a ...

For more than 20 years, the Landsat 7 satellite circled Earth every 99 minutes or so, capturing images of almost all the planet’s surface every 16 days. One of many craft that observed the changing ...

The University of Liverpool's new lab assistant works 1,000 times faster than any chemist that's come before it—it's also a robot. But this robot doesn't want to replace other humans because its ...

In a step toward robots that can learn on the fly like humans do, a new approach expands training data sets for robots that work with soft objects like ropes and fabrics, or in cluttered environments.

It looks like stretched-out plastic rotini. Or maybe extended fusilli. But no, the soft, clear noodle you see in the video above is not made of pasta, it’s actually a robot. Except, it has no motors, ...

In a lab experiment that sounds closer to science fiction than engineering, researchers have unveiled what they describe as the world’s smallest fully programmable robot. Measuring just fractions of a ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

In a step toward robots that can learn on the fly like humans do, a new approach expands training data sets for robots that work with soft objects like ropes and fabrics, or in cluttered environments.