Scientists working with microfluids as part of biotechnology research often rely on large, clunky machines to manage the samples, but this tinkering could one day be handled by tiny robots that make ...

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UCLA researchers have developed an automated, robotic framework that can perform an array of medical tasks previously done by humans. The microscale technology, which can perform blood processing, ...

Robots are learning to do the jobs of human factory workers, bus drivers, burger flippers, butlers, and healthcare workers, among many others – and now, they may be coming for scientists as well.

China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Shanghai Elon Musk, the ...

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, said Tuesday that China's halt on exports of certain magnets was affecting his plans to build humanoid robots, in the clearest signal yet that China's action is beginning ...