Like octopuses squeezing through a tiny sea cave, metatruss robots can adapt to demanding environments by changing their shape. These mighty morphing robots are made of trusses composed of hundreds of ...

It was only a matter of time before we started to think about how robots can design – other robots. In fact, I’ve been having these conversations with people ever since the arrival of ChatGPT, as we ...

Apptronik worked with Austin-based Argodesign to craft Apollo’s deliberately neutral aesthetic. The concave face uses LED technology that enables the robot’s “mouth” to convey visual cues, like words ...

Schunk and Ready Robotics announce partnership around use of Nvidia’s Omniverse platform to support specification, deployment and re-deployment of automated systems. Side-by-side image shows the photo ...

Carnegie Mellon scientists create AggreBots, tiny lung-cell robots powered by cilia with controlled motility.Word excerpt: ...

A robot that can model itself has important benefits, but the technology behind the self-awareness gives rise to concerns, too. A Columbia Engineering team has created a robot that is able to learn a ...

The actual benefits and consequences of robot design may require design engineers to adjust their perspective. Industrial robot adoption has reached a point of no return. Automated machinery has ...

NASA's RASSOR robot is headed to the Moon, and it's designed to dig into the surface. The robot uses a drum to scoop up lunar surface material and then transport it to new locations, but NASA hasn't ...

RoboGrammar is a new system that automates and optimizes robot design. The system creates arthropod-inspired robots for traversing a variety of terrains. It could spawn more inventive robot forms with ...

If a robot is to save mankind, then it had better look the part. Optimus Prime, the lead robot battling evil in the film “Transformers,” appeared too weak in its initial design, thought Keiji ...