Soft robots that run on air instead of electricity are starting to behave less like simple inflatable toys and more like autonomous creatures. Built from flexible materials and intricate channels, ...

Cota is among more than 900 seniors who have received a free ElliQ through a New York State Office of Aging (NYSOFA) program that uses technology to combat social isolation and loneliness among older ...

Humanoid robots are beginning to take on household tasks, showing how AI-powered machines could soon assist with chores in ...

Robots that move, sense and even coordinate with one another usually bring to mind tangled wires, circuit boards and humming motors. In a new study from the University of Oxford, all of that ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have created a new kind of robot that can adapt, recover from damage, and keep moving even after being broken apart. The machines, called “legged metamachines,” ...

A decade ago, the “next big thing” in technology was the invention of mobile applications and cloud computing. Today, it is easy to feel whiplash.

Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined ...

A robot observes its reflection in a mirror, learning its own morphology and kinematics for autonomous self-simulation. The process highlights the intersection of vision-based learning and robotics, ...