Morin admits that replicating color shifting in robots is tricky. Nature makes it look so easy, but the response time and the arbitrariness of patterns in chameleon skin are hard to replicate.

There is a reason most human-shaped robots are white, say researchers. ... Run a simple Google Image search on the term “robot.” You won’t see a lot of color, as pointed out in the study.

The robot’s color changing abilities are modest right now: It can only manage red, green or blue. But in theory if it can create the RGB palette, it can turn any color it damn well pleases.

A new inflatable robot changes color when fluid is pumped into its "body." The high-tech camouflage may be a boon to stealth science. August 18, 2012 ...

A diving robot explores shipwrecks and sunken planes in a way that humans can’t. But OceanOneK’s 3D vision and touch-based feedback allows people to feel like they’re underwater with the robot.

Nostalgia is the prevailing sentiment in Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon, an exhibition of sculpture, video, paintings, and works on paper by 20 artists at the San Jose Museum of Art. For senior ...

A diving robot explores shipwrecks and sunken planes in a way that humans can’t. But OceanOneK’s 3D vision and touch-based feedback allows people to feel like they’re underwater with the robot.