Take, for instance, the water strider. This group of insects has the ability to walk on top of water, using surface tension and long, hydrophobic legs. For decades, roboticists have tried to emulate ...

It's been a goal for as long as humanoids have been a subject of popular imagination—a general-purpose robot that can do rote tasks like fold laundry or sort recycling simply by being asked.

Researchers at UJI are testing a nationally acclaimed robot fish in underwater communication experiments to improve safety in fish farming.

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive ...

Efforts to eliminate a dangerous hands-on approach to sanitation are moving slowly. When Jitender was a child in New Delhi, both his parents worked as manual scavengers—a job that involved clearing ...

In July, Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock shared video footage of their humanoid robot Figure 02 performing laundry tasks such as picking up clothes and loading them into a washing machine. The robot cannot ...

A backyard pool is supposed to be your summer sanctuary -- not a second job. But if you're stuck vacuuming up leaves, bugs and mystery debris with a manual cleaner, it can feel more like a punishment ...

The future on the high seas for the Navy may be one without sailors. Unmanned ships like the USS Mariner and Ranger, and the recently launched USX-1 Defiant, are opening up a world that gives the Navy ...

It’s been more than six months since record-breaking wildfires destroyed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area. So far, few homes have been rebuilt. On one barren block in Altadena filled with ...