For decades, the dynamic between humans and robots was simple: rigid industrial arms locked inside safety cages, performing single repetitive assembly-line tasks. Today, that relationship has ...

A simple spring-powered robot can pinch, twist, hook and grasp with just two air inputs, outperforming the human hand in some ...

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An illustration of how the collective, decentralized behavior of ants has inspired experiments with cooperative robots that can complete tasks without central control. Harvard researchers built a ...

If you’re designing a robot for a specific purpose, you’re probably ordering fresh parts and going with a clean sheet design. If you’re just building for fun though, you can just go with whatever ...

Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to understand.

Robotics manufacturer Apptronik announced this week that it has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with design and manufacturing giant Jabil to build, test, and deploy Apptronik’s Apollo ...

Nature has spent millions of years perfecting teamwork. Bees swarm together in coordinated clouds. Schools of fish shift direction almost instantly. Bats and whales use sound to navigate and ...

The company is testing robots that can swap cables, reset servers, and take on other tasks performed by technicians, fueling ...