Just like bees, the individual robots in this simulation have no master plan. Simply by responding to local cues, they are able to construct honeycomb-like structures. The method could presage a new ...

Shanghai is no stranger to jaw-dropping feats of engineering. In the latest example, a Shanghai historic building moved by robots is capturing global attention. The relocation of the complex in ...

For decades, futurists have promised that robots will transform society, yet that still feels like a distant prospect. In this episode, recorded live at the “Web Summit” technology conference in ...

Living buildings, quantum computers, safety by design, home robots and AI-assisted pandemic preparedness. Europe’s researchers are reshaping how we live, work and design our cities in 2026.By Anthony ...

Daniela Rus has spent her career breaking barriers—scientific, social, and material—in her quest to build machines that amplify rather than replace human capability. She made robotics her life’s work, ...

In a joint advance from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan, engineers have designed the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever built – ...

Researchers have discovered a way to make tiny robots act like a material, mirroring embryonic tissue cells to adjust their structure on command. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Remember when robots were just science-fiction fantasies or clunky machines bolted to factory floors? That world is vanishing before our eyes. While you’ve been focused on generative AI and digital ...

Robots are just about everywhere these days: circling the grocery store, cleaning the floor at the airport, making deliveries. Not to mention the robots on the assembly lines in factories. But how far ...

Newly developed mathematical rules allow virtual swarms of tiny robots to build without blueprints. In computer simulations, the robots built honeycomb-like structures without ever following - or even ...