Researchers have developed small robots that can work together as a collective that changes shape and even shifts between solid and “fluid-like” states — a concept that should be familiar to anyone ...

Researchers at a Chinese university have built a soft, human-inspired robot that can physically grow and shrink on command, mimicking the way human bones elongate during development. The robot, called ...

Chinese authorities and industrialists have long hoped to unseat the United States as the world's premier tech giant, but they've historically struggled to make inroads against Silicon Valley ...

The GOAT robot can passively roll downhill configured as a sphere to save time and energy. Nature offers countless examples of animals responding to their surroundings with agility and resilience, ...

From Boston Dynamics' Electric Atlas to Unitree Robotics' G1, humanoid robots are becoming more human-like in many ways – and sometimes even more capable – but they are often made of pretty heavy ...

Kaushik Jayaram envisions a day when swarms of tiny robots, some weighing no more than a paperclip, will crawl through airplanes or into buildings after an earthquake—searching for survivors or ...