The drone—or “Chirocopter” (named after Chiroptera, the scientific name for bats)—is equipped with a microphone to record echolocation chirps (sounds that bats use to…
The $10 million ANA Avatar XPRIZE is a four-year competition focused on accelerating the integration of emerging and exponential technologies into a multipurpose avatar…
A team of researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has developed a soft robot inspired by snakeskin.…
It was only a mere week ago that the world got to see what Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini robot dog has been up to. A followup…
The first time we saw Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini robo-dog in action, it used its gripping arm to help load a dishwasher. Since then, SpotMini has…
Researchers in Germany have developed a robot that is about a seventh of an inch long and looks at first like no more than a…
DNA origami has been used to build many things on the nanoscale—miniscule doughnuts, teddy bears, even the Mona Lisa. But making a 3D shape is…
Two years ago at IROS 2015 in Germany, Honda R&D presented a paper on an experimental new humanoid robot designed for disaster response. Now, in…
At CES 2018 in Las Vegas, CNET faces off with Omron's Forpheus, a robot that learns from your every move and expression, and plays harder…
Sophia, the humanoid robot famous for conversation and facial expressions, now has legs provided by DRC-Hubo. At CES 2018, we watched as she took her…
Research in robotics has come a long way in the last few decades, whether one considers humanoids specifically or just any type of architecture. The…
Science fiction has long promised a world of robotic possibilities: from humanoid robots in our everyday lives, to wearable robotic devices that restore and augment…
The Verge's Lauren Goode reports from a Ford factory in Michigan where they are beta-testing an exoskeleton vest on one select employee to reduce workplace…
It’s been a while since we’ve seen any updates on the Boston Dynamics Atlas robot. Alphabet (Google) sold Boston Dynamics to SoftBank in June and…
The robot Lola has been developed by the Autonomous Systems Technology Institute at the Universität der Bundeswehr Munich, in Germany. The engineer's goal was to…
Published today in Science Robotics, this bot can’t fly again until it dries out, but its design helps it glide to a safe landing. And…
On October 24, Caltech will officially open the new Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST), a 10,000-square-foot facility where machines and researchers will work…
The French startup company Wandercraft has come up with what it says is the world's first exoskeleton to help disabled wheelchair users, without any other…
Check out this shape-shifting device from MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, that can walk, roll, sail, and glide using recyclable exoskeletons. Dubbed “Primer,”…
Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature's own designs. Herr lost both legs in a climbing accident…