A team of researchers claim excitons could lead to a new generation of electronic devices with transistors that lose less energy as heat.
When CES 2019 kicks off next week in Las Vegas, companies will be promising faster, smarter tech products. That's partly true.
Flexible circuit boards bend as you might expect from a playing card, while skin stretches more like knit fabric. The rules for making circuit boards and temporary tattoos therefore need to b
Scientists in the UK have finished testing a Martian robot that will make its own decisions about where it explores when it reaches the planet.
2018 was an eventful year for the robotics industry. Unfortunately, it will be remembered more for the downs than anything.
FoldiMate, the laundry-folding robot, is a small step closer to reality.
The U.K. is investing millions of dollars into the development of micro-robots capable of navigating and repairing underground pipes.
Robotics investments in December 2018 totaled at least $649.5 million worldwide with a total of 17 verified transactions.
Iraqi-born UAE-based designer Layth Mahdi debuts a series of marble vases and tables with contoured surfaces milled by robots and designed using algorithms.
A new neural implant fixes many of the problems with previous devices; it's the first one that can listen to the brain and treat it at the same time.
From autonomy to battery innovations, what trends are most prevalent in the world of bomb disposal robots?
Endeavor Robotics has filed a complaint against QinetiQ North America, alleging the company infringed on two patents for stair-climbing mobile robots.
Depending on how paranoid you are, this research from Stanford and Google will be either terrifying or fascinating. A machine learning agent intended to transform aerial images into street maps and back was found to be cheating by hiding information it would need later in "a nearly imperceptible, h…
Motors are not overly complex, but this one is downright simple. Carl Bujega has been working on a motor design that heavily relies on the capabilities of the printed circuit board (PCB) fabricatio
Surgical robots are evolving, with newer systems incorporating tele-operation, virtual reality training, and more procedures.
Wearable machines are gaining approval from medical insurers and state health providers
Toyota sees a not-so-far-off future in which robots transcend the factory and become commonplace in homes
In factories across the world, machines are beginning to work more intimately with humans without sending them to the unemployment line—or the grave.
AI-powered robots may soon be doing some procedures faster, more accurately and with fewer complications than humans
NASA's Mars InSight mission is moving along at a rapid pace. After landing on the planet just a few weeks ago, InSight has spent its days observing its new living space and sending back photos of the ground surrounding it.NASA's InSight team has been practicing the tricky task of placing the
A mining corporation says an autonomous rail system it's been developing in Australia is fully operational, making it the "world's largest robot."
Look back on the biggest moments in robotics in 2018, from the continued ascendance of SpotMini to the rapid rise and fall of the home robot.
In 2018, AI bested humans at following fauna, diagnosing disease, mapping the moon and more.
