Soft robots that run on air instead of electricity are starting to behave less like simple inflatable toys and more like ...

Robots that move, sense and even coordinate with one another usually bring to mind tangled wires, circuit boards and humming ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable ...

Tiny robots smaller than a grain of rice can sense, think, and move on their own. They could one day fix tissue inside the human body.

A robot observes its reflection in a mirror, learning its own morphology and kinematics for autonomous self-simulation. The process highlights the intersection of vision-based learning and robotics, ...

A soft electroactive gel enables untethered robots to deform, grip, and move using only external electric fields, eliminating the need for internal wiring or circuitry. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The ...

A dozen or so young men and women, eyes obscured by VR headsets, shuffle around a faux kitchen inside a tech company’s Silicon Valley headquarters. Their arms are bent at the elbows, palms facing down ...