After submerging the robot in underwater tunnels designed to mimic swimming near the sea floor, their tests indicate that ...

Nature is, of course, the master engineer—been there, seen it, solved it. While we struggle to design buildings that don't ...

Researchers at Princeton University have built a swarm of interconnected mini-robots that “bloom” like flowers in response to ...

A team from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan has built the tiniest programmable, self-driving ...

The robot can bend, grasp and carry in ways humans can’t, which could help it navigate spaces too confined for human arms.

Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of ...

Scientists have created a robot that learns lip movements by watching humans rather than following preset rules. The ...

Using 'DNA origami' scientists have built innovative nanostructures that pave the way for advanced robotics that can deliver targeted drugs -- plus they made a tiny map of Australia and mini dinosaurs ...

Biologists and engineers have joined forces to build a new robot bat that’s helping us understand how real bats use ...

Standing-room-only event was part of CU Boulder’s annual Research & Innovation Week held Oct. 14-18 The College of Engineering & Applied Science welcomed a packed audience to its Robotics Showcase on ...

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In robotics, as in so many things, small is beautiful. The trouble is that making them really small is very nearly impossible. “Building robots that operate independently at sizes below one millimeter ...