Tech companies are collectively spending billions to turn the age old sci-fi trope of humanoid, general-purpose robots into ...

Researchers in the the labs of Ron Alterovitz, a Lawrence Grossberg Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science, and Jim Cahoon, a professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry, ...

A robotic ocean float was lost under the Antarctic ice for eight months, but it miraculously reappeared, bearing some ...

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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that can independently ...

The robot is hard to see without a microscope. It’s small enough to rest on the ridge of a fingerprint and can operate in ...

Standing-room-only event was part of CU Boulder’s annual Research & Innovation Week held Oct. 14-18 The College of Engineering & Applied Science welcomed a packed audience to its Robotics Showcase on ...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote in this newsletter about my visit to Figure AI, a California startup that has developed a humanoid robot. Billions of dollars are currently pouring into the robotics ...

Despite billions of dollars in investment, startups say their androids can only perform simple tasks.

Using paper coated with silicon resin and iron particles, researchers created an untethered soft robot that can move without any electronics. This magnetically controlled device can detect heavy metal ...

It's always comforting to find a familiar face in strange and potentially hostile settings. One of the more controversial moves director Fede Alvarez pulled off in this seventh "Alien" film is to ...

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