Engineers at EPFL have developed a programmable foam lattice that blends softness and rigidity across a robot’s body. Inspired by the musculoskeletal system of animals, the new design enables robots ...

Today's robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their ...

The startup Blackdot has installed a first-of-its-kind tattoo device in New York City and Austin. But will the customers come?

Handwrytten uses AI and robots to create custom physical notes for businesses and individuals. The company sends about 20,000 ...

Review - Although I, Robot is unknown by many, Jeff Minter has done a brilliant job of bringing this hugely important game ...

The individual modules of the Mori3 robot are triangular in shape. The modules easily join together to create polygons of different sizes and configurations in a process known as polygon meshing ...

When ChatGPT or Gemini give what seems to be an expert response to your burning questions, you may not realize how much ...

ANYmal-D, the badminton-playing quadruped robot from ETH Zurich, combines artificial intelligence with whole-body coordination to rally with human players for up to 10 shots.

Robots frequently struggle with soft objects where they tend to thrive with firm shapes. RoboCraft-trained bots aren't about to produce elaborate sculptures.

A team from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne presented a polygonal shapeshifting robot that could revolutionize space exploration ...

Swarming robots that use electromagnetic forces to cling together and morph into different shapes are being developed by researchers ...

The newest origami robots can change shape within milliseconds after dropping from drones, and could be used for environmental surveying.