Boston Dynamics has released a new explanation of one of Atlas’s most striking behaviors.

A robot observes its reflection in a mirror, learning its own morphology and kinematics for autonomous self-simulation. The process highlights the intersection of vision-based learning and robotics, ...

A toaster-sized robot just took a major step toward autonomous space navigation. Stanford researchers ...

Ancient mudras offer a blueprint for smoother robot hand movement and could inspire new approaches to motor training and ...

What if the same forces that move a soft robot could also power it? A research shows magnetic fields can make robots smart, ...

It'll likely be a while before we have humanoid robots taking over our household chores, but what you can count on sooner is ...

A soft electroactive gel enables untethered robots to deform, grip, and move using only external electric fields, eliminating the need for internal wiring or circuitry. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The ...

Over the past decades, roboticists have introduced a wide range of advanced systems that can move around in their ...

Today's robots perform safety checks at industrial plants, conduct quality control in manufacturing, and are even starting to keep hospital patients company. But soon -- perhaps very soon -- these ...

Swiss scientists create grain-sized robot that surgeons control with magnets to deliver medicine precisely through blood ...

(Nanowerk News) By watching their own motions with a camera, robots can teach themselves about the structure of their own bodies and how they move, a new study from researchers at Columbia Engineering ...