Robots that can think and move are no longer confined to factory floors or humanoid prototypes. Researchers have now shrunk fully programmable machines to a size smaller than a grain of sand, packing ...

Just like bees, the individual robots in this simulation have no master plan. Simply by responding to local cues, they are able to construct honeycomb-like structures. The method could presage a new ...

For decades, futurists have promised that robots will transform society, yet that still feels like a distant prospect. In this episode, recorded live at the “Web Summit” technology conference in ...

A group of researchers in the UK has developed an unusual soft robot that moves without motors, joints, or hard components. Instead, it reacts to electric fields, allowing it to shift shape and move ...

Liam Thompson builds his own robot butler and quickly realizes robots don’t understand sarcasm.

India’s vast network of overhead power lines presents a persistent challenge for inspection and maintenance, with current methods proving either unsafe or prohibitively expensive. Two undergraduate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a fire breaks out, every second counts – and for firefighters, stepping into a burning building can mean facing intense heat, ...

Newly developed mathematical rules allow virtual swarms of tiny robots to build without blueprints. In computer simulations, the robots built honeycomb-like structures without ever following - or even ...