Mankind is decades away from taking to the skies in an Iron Man-like suit, but now that researchers at the University of Maryland have cracked the secret to building robot birds that can dive and ...

Sure, someone could actually teach the robot how to fly by itself, in which case it would be able to control the trajectory, but the fans would still spread dust everywhere. Creating the device ...

Researchers developed a novel learning-based method so robots on extraterrestrial bodies can make decisions on their own about where and how to scoop up terrain samples.

Placing pieces is handy, but the intelligence to scan an environment coupled with the nimbleness to fly into tight cracks will make robots better at the job than their human counterparts.

The robot's designers led by Harvard's Robert Wood created an origami-inspired laser-cutting technology to make the robots, which are made of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic.

The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.

There is still a lot more research for roboticists to do before robots are as smart and agile as insects: "Even a small fly has really smart reactions that are quick and able to respond to a lot ...

Future research efforts will focus on building those robots, and also look into how birds like parrotlets manage to stick the landing on so many varied surfaces.

PHOTO: Michael F. McElroyWORM: This robot mimics how a worm moves using muscular contractions. Eventually, worm-like robots could be used to access confined spaces for medical applications, buried ...

How do you build a robot smaller than the tip of your finger? Inspired by the strength, speed and agility of insects, Sarah Bergbreiter from the University of Maryland is designing tiny robots.

A group of Stanford scientists have created a robotic microscope to study fruit flies hoping it will help them speed up research into human diseases.