Researchers have successfully created a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons using 3D printing for the first time. A team from ETH Zurich in Switzerland were able to accomplish the complex ...

When Grand Island police officers face potential danger, they can throw a robot at it. The department’s tactical response team makes frequent use of a small robot that’s so durable it’s called a ...

What if the same forces that move a soft robot could also power it? A research shows magnetic fields can make robots smart, ...

Soft robots are prized for their agility and gentle touch, which makes them ideal for traversing delicate or enclosed spaces ...

3D printing is advancing rapidly, and the range of materials that can be used has expanded considerably. While the technology was previously limited to fast-curing plastics, it has now been made ...

In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a ...

By using one physical principle—magnetism—to drive both movement and power, the team created a robot that is more efficient, ...

An eerily realistic humanoid robot — purported to be the “world’s first bipedal, musculoskeletal android” — twitched to life ...

Robots are machines that can automatically perform both simple and complex actions. They are often programmed by a computer, but there's no single definition of a robot. Robots include a wide variety ...