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Robots are great at exploring land, sea, sky and space, but one environment that’s trickier for them to navigate is through the ground. Now, engineers at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Georgia Tech have developed a snake-like robot that uses a range of methods to burrow through soft sand or soil.

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed miniature robots that are highly maneuverable, and can rapidly move in six degrees of freedom.

The Mayflower Autonomous Ship is collecting data after leaving Plymouth for the US.

A team of engineers developed a new artificial skin for prosthetic limbs or robots that actually forms bruises whenever it gets bonked or damaged.

Mesobot looks like a giant AirPods case, but it's in fact a sophisticated machine that tracks animals making the most epic migration on Earth.

Robots began handing out bottles of sacred water in Mecca this week in preparation for a socially

Jacob Zuppke, president and COO of the company behind the highest rated self-cleaning litter box on the market, discusses the Litter-Robot's massive success and the brand's upcoming relaunch.

Starcraft II concept artist Vitaly Bulgarov has helped design a working, bipedal manned robot

Scythe Robotics launches their first commercial, autonomous mower, to help improve productivity of landscapers.

Robotics engineers often imitate nature for their creations, for better or for worse.

In a Hong Kong warehouse, a swarm of autonomous robots works 24/7. They're not just working hard, they're working smart; as they operate, they get better at their job.

Meet SpaceBok, a little, four-legged machine that’s taking the first steps toward walking on the Red Planet’s brutal terrain.

Austin Transportation Department officials say the company behind the robots, Refraction AI, will launch a fleet of 10 robots.

It's not exactly nice to look at, and it's slow, but this robot actually works, not to mention it takes up very little space.

In today’s Tech Trends, NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski and Art Norman meet “gita,” a robot that can carry items for its owner and can help promote an active lifestyle.

ABB’s PixelPaint robotic “non-overspray” technology for the automotive industry has won this year’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics & Automation (IERA) Award for Outstanding Achieve…

Although only a few of us may want robot eldercare, the decision may depend on available options.

Dive Technologies, Inc., today announced it has formally extended their partnership with Kraken Robotics to build a commercial Autonomous Underwater V

Looking to capitalize on his familiarity with the Raspberry Pi, [Sebastian Zen Tatum] decided to put the diminutive Pi Zero at the heart of his “antweight” fighting robot, $hmoney. Whil…

Small pieces of plastic are everywhere, stretching from urban environments to pristine wilderness. Left to their own devices, it can take hundreds of years for them to degrade completely. Catalysts activated by sunlight could speed up the process, but getting these compounds to interact with micropl

The patent-pending design of the WLP is based on a compression gland seal design, optimized for sealing rubber jacketed cables at the high pressures seen in the ocean.

Wyzo, a startup company with backing from established companies such as Demaurex, the inventor of the delta robot, has launched a new class of robot – the Wyzo “sidebot”. Wyzo – which is described …

A robot that can mix up organic materials and small molecules could help solve the mystery of how life first emerged on Earth

Besides being known for their cube-shaped droppings, wombats are unfortunately also subject to the disease sarcoptic mange. In order to better understand how the mange-causing mites are able to spread between wombats, scientists have developed a burrow-exploring robot.