A real-life Transformer has been created by scientists inspired by the Japanese paper-folding art of origami. In tests, the small shape-changing robot folded itself into a functional machine that ...

The robots can also shrink to 3.9 metres (12.7 feet) tall when in vehicle mode A NEW generation of giant shape-shifting robots designed to work on building sites and disaster zones have been unveiled ...

Optimus Prime and Bumblebee will soon be zooming around on a street near you. “Transformers: Heavy Metal” is an augmented-reality mobile game due out later in 2021 that will use the AR platform from ...

Sakakibara Kikai's engineer Go Sakakibara poses with the bipedal robot Mononofu during its demonstration at its factory in Shinto Village, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Kim ...

The path toward humanoid robots capable of transforming themselves into trucks, dinosaurs, and airplanes is now a bit shorter, thanks to the invention of a modular robot that can alter its physical ...