From searching disaster zones and responding to chemical spills to monitoring fragile ecosystems, future robot swarms may have to act in places where direct human control is difficult or dangerous. To ...

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that combines two processes for personalizing robotic prosthetic devices to both optimize the movement of the prosthetic limb and - for the first time - also ...

A commercial robotic leg could potentially benefit both higher- and lower-mobility amputees, University of Michigan roboticists have shown for the first time. The leg provided the largest gains when ...

The evolution of robotic surgery has been transformative, reshaping how surgeons perform complex procedures with enhanced precision and control. With the rapid integration of artificial intelligence ...

China's Unitree Robotics has unveiled a new humanoid robot, nicknamed "Superman," that can jump to a height of two meters straight from the ground, beating the human record by about 30 centimeters. In ...

The tradition of painting the portrait of a British monarch is an exclusive art form that stretches back more than 600 years. But for the first time, the brush was not being wielded by a human, but by ...

The idea of a robot that does a wide range of household chores, from unloading the dryer to folding laundry to cleaning up a messy table, has long seemed like pure science fiction—perhaps most ...

Unlike biological systems, which can use muscles, robots that try to imitate them don’t have particularly fast, powerful, ...

Objects constructed by robots are ubiquitous. If you’ve used a car, household appliance, or smartphone today, you’ve used an ...