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Toward printable, sensor-laden 'skin' for robots

New 3-D-printed device mimics the goldbug beetle, which changes color when prodded.

March 23, 2017 Read more

'Tree-on-a-chip' device may be used to make small robots move

Engineers have designed a microfluidic device they call a 'tree-on-a-chip', which mimics the pumping mechanism of trees and plants. Like its natural counterparts, the chip operates passively, requiring no moving parts or external pumps. It is able to pump water and sugars through the chip at a steady flow rate for several days.

March 20, 2017 Read more

Security for multirobot systems

New technique could protect robot teams' communication networks from malicious hackers.

March 17, 2017 Read more

Songs that make robots cry

Machine learning writes songs that elicits emotions from its listeners.

March 9, 2017 Read more

Artificial intelligence in quantum systems, too

Scientists use quantum simulators to imitate life, natural selection, learning and memory.

March 7, 2017 Read more

Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently

Robotics researchers have developed an algorithm that lets robots ask for clarification when they're not sure what a person wants.

March 6, 2017 Read more

Six-legged robots faster than nature-inspired gait (w/video)

Researchers revealed that there is in fact a faster way for robots to locomote on flat ground, provided they don't have the adhesive pads used by insects to climb walls and ceilings.

February 17, 2017 Read more

Ground-breaking robotic arms that could transform your weekly food shop

Robotics researchers have developed versatile robotic grippers to pick thousands of supermarket items.

February 16, 2017 Read more

In pursuit of artificial intelligence with a human mind (w/video)

Getting to the heart of human-like action with robots and computer models.

February 14, 2017 Read more

Now you can 'build your own' bio-bot

Researchers have been developing a class of walking 'bio-bots' powered by muscle cells and controlled with electrical and optical pulses. Now, they are sharing the recipe for the current generation of bio-bots.

February 13, 2017 Read more

Transparent gel-based robots can catch and release live fish (w/video)

Made from hydrogel, robots may one day assist in surgical operations, evade underwater detection.

February 1, 2017 Read more

Engineers create artificial skin that 'feels' temperature changes

A team of engineers and scientists have developed an artificial skin capable of detecting temperature changes using a mechanism similar to the one used by the organ that allows pit vipers to sense their prey.

January 30, 2017 Read more

'Knitted muscles' provide power

Researchers have coated normal fabric with an electroactive material, and in this way given it the ability to actuate in the same way as muscle fibres.

January 26, 2017 Read more

Swarm of underwater robots mimics ocean life

Underwater robots offer scientists an extraordinary new tool to study ocean currents and the tiny creatures they transport. Swarms of these underwater robots helped answer some basic questions about the most abundant life forms in the ocean - plankton.

January 24, 2017 Read more