A robot to explore the unknown and automate tomorrow’s tasks and the ones after them needs to be extremely versatile. Ideally, it was capable of being any size, any shape, and any functionality, ...

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have unveiled a novel robotic structure, the "trimmed helicoid," inspired by the movements of elephant trunks and octopus ...

In the future, our aircraft, buildings, and homes may be constructed by robots similar to the prototype structure-building robot BILL-E. This innovative robot was created by graduate student Benjamin ...

It seems like an ideal--and adventurous--match: innovative architectural firm Gramazio & Kohler, known for using robots to assemble buildings, team up with inventor Raffaello D'Andrea, whose ...

In the TV cartoon, the main character Inspector Gadget pulled out various tools from his body whenever he faced a crisis. Young viewers were simply amazed at how a helicopter rotor and robotic arms ...

Global electronic waste reached approximately 62 million metric tons in 2022, with soft robots—widely ...

It might be difficult to tell from the picture, but you’re looking at a robot that is capable of building and disassembling simple truss structures. We’ll let that sink in for a moment. [Jeremy Blum] ...

A small team of Japanese engineers has created two humanoid robots that mimic the human body with an unprecedented degree of anatomical fidelity (think T-800 from the Terminator movies - but with ...