Powered by light, the robots carry computers and can move in complex patterns, say Penn Engineering and University of ...

Not every impulsive purchase on eBay leads to possession of a wooden Dalek, but when a friend did exactly that, [Tony Goacher ...

Scientists have created the world's smallest programmable robots, each smaller than a grain of salt and costing just one ...

While it might sound like a weapon of oceanic destruction in the hands of Aquaman’s arch enemies, the new “stingraybot” from a team at ETH Zurich (the Federal Institute of Technology of Switzerland) ...

A soft patch on the arm could soon let you steer robots with simple hand movements, even while your whole body is in motion.

The three hours Maksym spent being transported through the battlefield in eastern Ukraine felt like an eternity. But the remote-controlled capsule on wheels was the injured soldier’s best way out.

Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have enabled a paralyzed man to control robots and wheelchairs, and to perform paid work, using only brain signals.

The robots are powered by tiny microcomputers developed by David Blaauw and Dennis Sylvester, engineers at the University of ...

There is also a dance studio, complete with a wood floor and large mirrors. Here scientists record the movements of human ...

In some sense, Mr. Brooks has only himself to blame. The current humanoid craze is “kind of his fault,” said Anthony Jules, ...

Tiny drones could one day crawl through collapsed buildings to help find survivors after earthquakes. These micro-robots, ...