The future of autonomous aircraft
Ella Atkins, professor of aerospace engineering, shows off one of her quadcopters at the new...
Raptor-inspired drone with morphing wing and tail
Enrico Ajanic with the raptor-inspired drone developped at EPFL. Credit: 2020 EPFL/Alain Herzog The northern...
New system optimizes the shape of robots for traversing various terrain types
MIT researchers have automated and optimized robot design with a system called RoboGrammar. The system...
Energy-generating synthetic skin for affordable prosthetic limbs and touch-sensitive robots
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new type of energy-generating synthetic skin could create more affordable...
A robot that tells growers when to water crops is on the way
The base robot for the new plant-moisture-measuring system researchers are developing will navigate rows of...
Is the Pandemic Spurring a Robot Revolution?
“Are robots really destined to take over restaurant kitchens?” This was the headline of an...
SnuggleBot: A new cuddly companion
Credit: University of Manitoba Introducing the “Snugglebot” a cuddly robotic companion that needs your love...
Micro-robot with chemically encoded intelligence removes hormonal pollutants
Chemically programmable microrobots weaving a web from hormones. The tubular microrobot, which consists of an...
Miniscule robots of metal and plastic may revolutionize the field of medicine
Computer graphic of a microvehicle with iron wheels (gold) and a polymer chassis (red). The...
A 3D Printed Apartment Building Is Going Up in Germany
3D printing is making strides in the construction industry. In just a couple years we’ve...