Many industrial robots working in factories are merely entities that accurately trace predetermined paths. If the position of ...

MIT engineers created a paper-thin swimming robot that uses light-controlled living muscle cells to move and steer through water. Navigating delicate underwater ecosystems requires a gentle physical ...

This week, at a media art festival in Tokyo, these twelve miniature paper robots are preparing to kick some pulpy ass. Birdman (the guy in the ring, on the left) is the likely winner because he’s been ...

Last month, Apple offered up more insight into its consumer robotics work via a research paper that argues that traits like expressive movements are key to optimizing human-robot interaction. “Like ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. The robots utilize paper-based electrodes and ...

According to researchers at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania, one day in the not too distant future you'll be able to design, print and build your own robot. The researchers have so far received ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Paper Robot Follow the adventures of the recently reactivated robot D4-BB13 (or Dabble for short) as he travels near and far in his quest for the golden ...

What do you see when you close your eyes and imagine robots? Probably tough, metallic machines that can withstand all sorts of extreme conditions. While that's usually the case with most DARPA-funded ...