Movies have always played up the mad scientist trope, but real-life labs have carried out experiments that make fiction look ...

Different species of spiders produce different silks that serve different purposes, from floating on air to cradling eggs. The triangle weaver spider, Hyptiotes cavatus, weaves and holds a three-sided ...

From a robot spider crawling around building sites, to record-breaking astronauts, Francis Maguire rounds up the week's ...

By combining robotics with 3D printing, a spider-like, semi-autonomous prototype robot called Charlotte could revolutionize ...

An Australian company has created a significant evolution of the construction industry in the form of Charlotte, a spider-like robot capable of building houses.

A towering rocket ship stands proudly against the Pennsylvania sky, its red, white, and blue decorations catching the sunlight and announcing its patriotic presence to visitors and passing motorists ...

Just in time for Halloween, one AI and robotics enthusiast has found a way to turn a humanoid robot into nightmare fuel in ...

This is uniquely Erie, uniquely Pennsylvania, and absolutely worth the detour. Let’s be honest—roadside attractions can be hit or miss. For every genuinely interesting spot, there are a dozen “world’s ...

A dog faces off against a robot spider in a funny skit.

University of Chicago computer scientist Sarah Sebo is programming robots to give empathetic responses and perform nonverbal ...

Meet Charlotte. Developed by Australian companies Crest Robotics and Earthbuilt Technology, it's an autonomous 3D-printing ...

At Suffern High School, this year's goal for the FIRST ® Tech Challenge in December is to have the robot pick up balls and put them in a goal, automatically, and with human intervention. But first, ...