The invention is a metamaterial, which is a material engineered to feature new and unusual properties that depend on the material's physical structure rather than its chemical composition. In this ...

Engineers at Georgia Tech have built a soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop—without using legs. The 5-inch ...

When the Armatron first came out, in 1981, robotics engineers started contacting Watanabe. “I wasn’t so much hearing from ...

Unlike some previous computerized poker-playing efforts and online poker bots, the students’ robot actually functions like a ...

Though many humanoid robots finished a 13-mile race through the Chinese capital, others were beset by technical ...

Gap has deployed the Stretch mobile robots from Boston Dynamics. They are equipped with computer vision and can maneuver in ...

A new bacteria-inspired robot uses 12 spinning arms to move around the same way bacteria does and scientists want to make it ...

More than 20 two-legged robots competed in the world’s first humanoid half-marathon in China on Saturday, and – though ...

In an experiment reminiscent of the "Transformers" movie franchise, engineers at Princeton University have created a type of ...

Many firms say they feel little pressure to lower prices, as there are few viable alternatives to their products.

Patients have many concerns and decisions prior to surgery, and now choosing between a human doctor or a robot-assisted ...

European standards organisation releases report identifying the first use cases for next generation of mobile in sensing, ...