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A Rutgers-led team of engineers has developed an automated way to produce polymers, making it much easier to create advanced materials aimed at improving human health.

Superhuman strength is now possible for us mere mortals.

YouTuber Simone Giertz gave up wildly popular but barely functioning machines and confronted her fears of imperfection (while facing her own mortality and making an awesome Truckla EV).

DARPA-funded scientist Christoffer Heckman argues that some sort of new guidelines are needed to keep engineers from building autonomous weapons.

Every day, 30 robots toil away in what’s been dubbed the “playpen” sorting trash, then at night virtual robots continue to practice in a simulation.

The British online supermarket has signed the deal with Japanese supermarket retailer Aeon.

It all seems futuristic but 2019 has seen a boom in the use of cutting edge robotic technology.

A self-destructing robot will be sent into orbit on the world's first space cleanup mission, European scientists announced Monday, a fresh approach to fixing up the galaxy's junk graveyard.

KT's N bot can get on elevators on its own to deliver goods to guests at their rooms.

If you needed proof that the surveillance society is truly ubiquitous, look no further than Ebo — a robot that live-streams HD video of your pet straight to your phone and can even track your furry friend’s daily step count. It can autonomously entertain your cat using light, sounds, and a feather o...

Your Walmart groceries might soon be delivered via an autonomous vehicle thanks to the retail giant’s new partnership with Nuro. The partnership kicks off in the coming weeks as a pilot program in Houston and will deliver groceries using Nuro’s self-driving technology and fleet of electric vehicles.

robot that finds, detects and automatically scoops up your dog’s poop, so you’ll never have to do the dirty work ever again.

Agri-tech startup launches a commercial robotic weed-mapping service, with environment-friendly non-chemical weeding to follow.

Computer scientists invented a model that efficiently optimizes control and design of soft robots for target simulated tasks with minimal human intervention, traditionally a monumental undertaking in computation. The advance was developed out of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence L...

Insects typically have a variety of complex exoskeleton structures, which support them in their movements and everyday activities. Fabricating artificial exoskeletons for insect-inspired robots that match the complexity of these naturally-occurring structures is a key challenge in the field of robot...

The Robotic Industries Association (RIA), part of the Association for Advancing Automation, recently reported that North American robot sales increased 5.2% through the third quarter, compared to 2018 results.

NASA is going to be sending something it calls a “robot hotel” to the International Space Station aboard the next commercial resupply mission, which is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this week. The robot hotel is more formally known as the “Robotic Tool Stowage” unit, or the RiTS for ...

The International Space Station recently received its newest resident: an artificial intelligence-powered flying robot called CIMON-2. Here is how it can be used to help out astronauts aboard the ISS -- including carrying out tasks and even understanding their emotions.

Whether for maintenance or augmentation, robots that can use tools on themselves are more independent and capable

SoftBank Robotics has opened the Pepper PARLOR, a cafe where robots work alongside human staff to serve and entertain customers.

The first cargo-carrying robot marketed directly to consumers is on sale this holiday season. But how many people are ready to ditch their second car to buy a two-wheeled rover that can follow them around like a dog?

Robots are one step closer to gaining a human sense that has so far eluded them: Touch.

Robots are terrible at manipulating objects and adapting to new environments. A potential solution? Let them grow up playing, like children.