It does not take much to confuse some robots. A machine might be great at handling a simple object like a box, yet when it ...

Researchers have developed a soft robot that moves like an elephant's trunk—precise enough to pick fresh fruit, yet powerful ...

Photon-driven nanorobots can steer, capture, and move bacteria with precision, enabling controlled manipulation in ...

Although a handful of researchers employ comparable techniques, Benham notes that most pursue different research questions ...

Modern robotics has reached a point where movement is no longer the main challenge – machines can already navigate, grasp, and operate in space with impressive precision. Yet enabling them to truly ...

Jurors are set to hear opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial. Starting Tuesday, a new jury will get ...

The potential of microrobots is enormous. These miniature objects can be designed to carry out actions within the body, such as sensing biomarkers, manipulating objects like blood clots or delivering ...

Treating your ‘good’ arm after a stroke could help you better tackle everyday activities. MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images Stroke survivors often ...

Not revised: This Reviewed Preprint includes the authors’ original preprint (without revision), an eLife assessment, and public reviews. Wang et al. address the challenge of tracking goal-relevant ...

Why can’t a robot do the dishes? Well, it can, but maybe not as well or as cheaply as we’d hoped. More than once, I have started a robotics article with an appeal to the Jetsons tv show of the late ...

What just happened? Google has begun rolling out its Nano Banana image-editing model to Google Photos, marking the company's most extensive upgrade to its consumer-facing photo platform in years. The ...