Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Modern robotics is awash with human-made machines mimicking the ...

Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts to create a robot that can walk or run as well as an animal. And yet, it remains the case that ...

In the summer of 2021, atop the coastal cliffs of Santa Barbara, California, Chris Keeley, then an undergraduate at the nearby university, crouched to pull a bundle of metal and rubber out of his ...

Furry like real ones, endearing and incredibly comforting, robot pets are slowly but surely finding their way into homes. These little creatures, with batteries instead of hearts and AI hidden beneath ...

A pet dog sits on command, but nobody expects an insect to follow human instructions. So it may come as a surprise to learn that researchers recently succeeded in controlling cockroaches with tiny ...

BOSTON -- It's never been clear whether robotics company Boston Dynamics is making killing machines, household helpers or something else entirely. For nine years, the secretive firm -- which got its ...

The Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR) was intended to consume vegetation, not animals, one of the robot’s inventors told Reuters. Yet, claims circulating on social media suggest, without ...

What makes many animals run faster and better than robots or humans? Robots run faster than humans due to better agility, robustness, and range. Believe it or not, robot cockroaches can assist ...

Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts to create a robot that can walk or run as well as an animal. And yet, it remains the case that ...

The question may be the 21st century’s version of the fable of the tortoise and the hare: Who would win in a foot race between a robot and an animal? In a new perspective article, a team of engineers ...