Like octopuses squeezing through a tiny sea cave, metatruss robots can adapt to demanding environments by changing their shape. These mighty morphing robots are made of trusses composed of hundreds of ...

Jet-powered humanoid iRonCub achieves simulated flight stability, paving the way for disaster-response and advanced robotics applications.

In a proof-of-concept study that integrates smart materials, machine learning and an optical control system, a team of Rice researchers led by materials scientist Hanyu Zhu used a light-patterning ...

Incremental gains in dexterity can convert robots from lab curiosities into integral tools for key global industries.

Fidget poppers are an example of "bistability," as the popped circles rest in one of two stable states. Purdue University researchers have taken this idea to its extreme, building robots that can be ...

On September 29th, the Linux Foundation announced that it is contributing Newton, a next-generation, GPU-accelerated physics ...

The coming decade will not be defined by robots replacing humans, but by humans and robots collaborating side by side. From ...