Researchers have turned knotted strings into programmable machines capable of flips, spins, and mid-air gymnastics.

This breakthrough is already enabling the production of new high-tech devices ...

Engineers at Rice University have cracked one of printed electronics' most stubborn problems: how to cure freshly printed ...

Philadelphia residents have been sharing sidewalks with robot delivery drivers for about a month, and they're not thrilled with the change. Uber Eats held a demo March 10 showing off Avride autonomous ...

Across the top floors of an Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, about 10 miles south of Raleigh, the robots are already crowding out human workers. A sprawling robotic system in the middle of ...

The human touch is hard to replace, but there are tasks that are better suited to mechanical engineering. These hotels are making the best use of robots to give their staff more time to serve guests.

Two delivery robots reportedly crashed into bus shelters in Chicago this week, shattering glass panels in separate incidents just days apart. One crash, captured on video Sunday, showed a delivery ...

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation Thursday that would ban the federal government from obtaining or operating unmanned Chinese robots.

Google's DeepMind division is partnering with Agile Robots to integrate its Gemini Robotics foundation models with Agile Robots’ hardware. The company aims to use the Agile Robot partnership to ...

Amazon has acquired robotics startup Rivr, known for its four-legged delivery robots on wheels, the company confirmed. The company expects to test ways it can use Rivr's robots to help with "doorstep ...

Can a robot keep up with Serena Williams? Researchers have taught a humanoid robot to play tennis with humans — and it can hold its own. Chinese AI robotic company Galbot designed software to teach a ...