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Siemens is developing autonomous tech with transit vehicles on tracks, making the self-driving challenge simpler but still worth solving.

This method of flying drones is one of the easiest we've ever pointed our eyeballs at

Diligent Robotics demos the latest version of their healthcare support robot

NASA's ICESat-2 will watch over the planet's polar ice to improve forecasts of sea level rise.

Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said Monday.

Freaky Robotic Skin Brings Inanimate Objects to Life

Engineers have invented a new kind of 3D printer that can print electronic tattoos directly on your skin. Here's how we'll use it.

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The creators of a new high-strength, low-weight metal alloy hope it will find a place as a midpoint between carbon fiber and lightweight aluminum in bicycle manufacture. Allite Super Magnesium​ is lighter and stiffer than aluminum, but not as expensive as carbon fiber.

Software that optimizes seed selection, reduces fertilizer use, and detects early signs of disease is revolutionizing agriculture.

These robotic fingers can turn friction on and off to make it easier to manipulate objects with one hand

If machines could bring emotional and intellectual capacities to our interactions with them, how would this affect the way we use and relate to them?

JAXA unveiled the Avatar X project in early September, revealing its plans to send humanoid machines controlled by human operators to space

To get around concerns of battery capacity and weight, Karman Electric wants flying cars to draw juice from the ground, like an inverted streetcar system.

OTTO OMEGA, a self-driving forklift from OTTO Motors, debuted at IMTS. It's designed to help reduce materials handling reduce costs and increase throughput.

Inspired by a fruit fly, this tiny robot insect manages to twist and bank with astonishing speed.

BMW's self-driving motorcycle can start, stop, and navigate all by itself, but the company says creating a fully autonomous vehicle wasn't its intention.

Cognitive science and neuroscience could inspire the next big innovations in artificial intelligence, says the head of an ambitious new MIT-led research project.

There's a lot of hype around the release of Sony's latest robotic dog. It's called Aibo, and is promoted as using artificial intelligence to respond to people looking at it, talking to it and touching it.

As AI evolves, getting algorithms to 'show its work' on how decision-making happens will be key when accidents occur, says RoboBusiness speaker.

Graphene-based electronics that operate at terahertz frequencies would be much speedier successors to today’s silicon-based devices.

AI will make our jobs easier yet more productive, and create vast new wealth.

A well-known, pioneering maker, roboticist, and educator has died. A well-known, pioneering maker, roboticist, and educator has died.

The European Parliament passed a resolution calling for an international ban on military killer robots, which it says are an imminent global threat.