Most of the floor in my home is hardwood or hardwood-adjacent, with only my living room having wall-to-wall carpeting. As such, I never gave much thought to using a robot vacuum to take care of ...

Friendly home robots have been the dream of sci-fi for a long time. Docile, helpful machines that do your laundry, take out the trash, maybe make dinner, and clean up afterward too. But if robots are ...

In a world where self-driving robotaxis glide through major city streets without drivers behind the wheel and delivery drones autonomously fly through the skies to drop off orders at customers’ homes, ...

Inspired by the physical feats of diving birds, researchers have created a robot that can plunge into the water and flap back into the air. By K. R. Callaway With a flap of its wings, something ...

The new BBC documentary is so wondrous and awe-inspiring it will make you feel like a child again – and in Chris Packham, it has a presenter for the ages Evolution is a coronation. With this new, five ...

Explore the pivotal evolutionary breakthroughs that shaped every living thing Evolution, a new five-part series tells the extraordinary story of how life on Earth has changed over more than four ...

Mechanical engineer Raphael Zufferey's lab at MIT contains a giant tank filled with bright turquoise water, an array of fans that can whip up a powerful wind, and small flying robots perched ...

How did the elephant get so big? Chris Packham explores the four-billion-year story of how a tiny cell evolved into complex, gentle giants. Show more Chris Packham embarks on an extraordinary journey ...

Robotics companies have converted the pages of science fiction books into real life, as artificial intelligence-powered humanoid machines are in the early stages of development. Robots patrol ...

I also spoke with industry experts from Husqvarna (a robot lawn mower manufacturer) and Automated Outdoor Solutions about how to evaluate which robot lawn mowers are best. I ended up with two overall ...