A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required for ...

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.

New insect-scale microrobots can fly more than 100 times longer than previous versions. The new bots, also significantly faster and more agile, could someday be used to pollinate fruits and vegetables ...

A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a system that could make social robots more effective at detecting and managing user interruptions in real time based on a human speaker's intent—a ...

The effort to "align" AI with human values is falling dangerously short in robotic systems, according to researchers from ...

Professor David Feil-Seifer and students discuss Nevada Engineering’s new robotics master’s program, who it fits best, and ...

Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own — but experts ...

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A humanoid robot recently made headlines around the world for running a half-marathon and beating the human world record. Around the same time, an AI-powered robot defeated an elite human player in ...