Robots on Mars could steal a trick from Hansel and Gretel
Researchers have developed technology that would allow a flock of robots to explore subsurface environments on other worlds.
“Lava tubes and caves would make perfect...
Robot provides unprecedented views below Antarctic ice shelf
Nearly 1,900 feet above, near where the surface of the Ross Ice Shelf meets Kamb Ice Stream, a U.S.-New Zealand research team recognized the shift as evidence of “ice pumping”.
Should we tax robots
A robot levy — but only a modest one — could help combat the effects of automation on income inequality in the U.S.
What if...
This little robot can go almost anywhere
This little robot can go almost anywhere.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science and the University of California, Berkeley, have designed a...
Robots are taking over jobs, but not at the rate you might think
It’s easy to believe that robots are stealing jobs from human workers and drastically disrupting the labor market.
After all, you’ve likely heard that chatbots...
Engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera
MIT researchers develop a battery-free, wireless underwater camera that is 100,000 times more energy-efficient than other undersea cameras.
Scientists install brains on solar-powered microrobots
Cornell researchers installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size – smaller than an ant’s head – so...
New shape-shifting material can move like a robot
Engineers have developed a new class of smart textiles that can shape-shift and turn a two-dimensional material into 3D structures.
The team from UNSW Sydney’s...
These shapeshifting microrobots can brush and floss teeth
A shapeshifting robotic microswarm may one day act as a toothbrush, rinse, and dental floss in one.
The technology, developed by a multidisciplinary team at...
Tiny fish-shaped robot swims around picking up microplastics
Microplastics are found nearly everywhere on Earth and can be harmful to animals if they’re ingested.
But it’s hard to remove such tiny particles from...