WASHINGTON – In what may be the birth of cheap, easy-to-make robots, researchers have created complex machines that transform themselves from little more than a sheet of paper and plastic into walking ...

A robot can design, build and test objects made from folded paper, such as planes or grippers, better than a human if given the same number of attempts. Robotic laboratories can test and design ...

This weekend, the New York Times unveiled a new science feature: a virtual robot to play rock-paper-scissors with. And the Wire (well, maybe some of us more than others) is having trouble beating it ...