No matter how you feel about humanoid robots, they currently all have a technical limitation due to their form factor. Unless the robot is tethered to a power supply, it needs a battery, and unless ...

A new artificial muscle can change shape, repair damage, and be reused, bringing a major shift in how robots are built and ...

The only thing better than not having to worry about vacuuming is not having to worry about mopping, too. That’s the promise, more or less, of the combination robotic vacuum cleaner-mops that have ...

Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own, but experts ...

Foxconn, pressured by the stresses of rising labor costs and negative media attention over employee suicides, could be reshaping the landscape of manufacturing forever. How? According to Focus Taiwan, ...

In crowded environments, more robots don’t always mean faster results—in fact, too many can bring everything to a standstill. Harvard researchers discovered a surprising fix: adding a bit of ...