During embryonic development, a collection of seemingly simple cells transforms into ... capable of rearranging and forming ...

At less than one and a half inches tall, roughly the same height as a LEGO minifigure, the world's smallest self-contained ...

Researchers from Seoul National University and Harvard University have developed a new kind of swarm robot that works like ...

Prof. Josie Hughes. The GOAT has a fairly simple body. Viewed from above in its default shape, the robot sports a flat ring-like frame made up of two looped, intersecting, flexible fiberglass rods.

The soft actuator uses boiling water to move. It works without pumps or high voltage and is used in robots for real-world use ...

Thomas Andersson, founder of research firm STIQ, tracks 49 companies developing humanoid robots - those with two arms and legs. If you broaden the definition to robots with two arms, but propel ...

Some are simple, while others are powered by ... can quickly adapt to difficult environments. Humanoid robots have a roughly human body shape and can mimic human movements. One example of this ...

These labor-saving pool bots come in various shapes and sizes ... watery analogue of robot vacuum cleaners, although their navigational technologies vary considerably. Simple cleaners will use ...

Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, Georgia Tech engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber ...

The shape is ... could create simple elastic systems made of carbon fiber or other materials that could withstand and exploit kinks to hop across various terrain. "A jumping robot was recently ...