A robot can now travel through the human body to cure diseases. Scientists have created a Transformers-style robot inspired by the Japanese paper-folding art of origami. The shape-shifting device is ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who ...

How advanced actuators, compliance control, and real-time planning create capable, safe humanoid collaborators.

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There seems to be a trend in the robotics world to make industrial robots shaped like dogs. That's probably because four-legged robots can be more adaptable than bipedal ones, traversing difficult ...

One day, robots might navigate through your blood vessels to break up clots, deliver targeted chemotherapy or repair ruptured blood vessels more efficiently and effectively than existing tools, ...

What would you do with a robot body double? Film an advertisement may not be at the top of your list, but it was for YouTuber Tom Scott. His latest video shows him ...

Tiny robots made of algae are swimming through the lung fluids of mice, delivering antibiotics straight to the bacteria that cause a deadly form of pneumonia. It’s happening now in UC San Diego labs ...

This robot from China looks and moves like a jellyfish. It is said to be suitable for a variety of applications.