Coordinating groups of underwater robots is difficult because communication below the surface is slow and unreliable. GPS ...

From the depths of the ocean to the craters of the moon, Carnegie Mellon University has spent more than 40 years designing robots for the most extreme environments. On Feb. 27, the university will ...

The era in which artificial intelligence can help teach children has arrived in a Hialeah school.

Purdue University’s Colleges of Science, Engineering, and Agriculture—together with the Purdue Office of Industry Partnerships and Purdue Polytechnic Institute—proudly present Robotics Day, a ...

Human hands are a wonder of nature and unmatched in the animal kingdom. They can twist caps, flick switches, handle tiny ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

A breakthrough in medical technology could soon change how sinus infections are treated. Scientists have created micro-robots for sinus infection treatment that can enter the nasal cavity, eliminate ...

We’re far from realizing the kind of nanomachines envisioned in media like “The Diamond Age” and Metal Gear Solid, but scientists have just taken a meaningful step towards the next best thing. A team ...

Few voices in artificial intelligence carry as much weight as Rodney Brooks. As a co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics, ...