Researchers in China have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by “touching” their leaves with an electrode. The robot can measure properties such as ...

Watching a child learn to run is a joyous, but sometimes painful experience. It seems the same is true for [James Bruton]’s impressive Sonic the Self-Balancing robot, even with bendable knees and ...

FILE - This aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, northern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023. (Kyodo News via AP, File) TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot on Tuesday ...

A high-tech robot, designed to combat disease in tulip fields, relies on artificial intelligence to identify and address sick flowers in the Netherlands. Equipped with cameras and AI algorithms, the ...

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Shortly after taking its first steps in front of the world, the Aidol takes a tumble and gets dragged offstage by its human handlers.

Patrolling nuclear power plants for radiation leaks is dangerous work even for robots. Luckily, should any of the tiny robots designed by MIT engineers meet an untimely end while swimming through some ...

SPARTANBURG, SC—Two humanoid robots have completed an 11-month pilot project at BMW’s assembly plant here.

Engineers have developed a robot designed to extend a chain-like appendage flexible enough to twist and turn in any necessary configuration, yet rigid enough to support heavy loads or apply torque to ...

Ford is leasing two robots from Boston Dynamics to use in one of its factories. The robots, Fluffy and Spot, will collect data at the Van Dyke Transmission Plant. Boston Dynamics' four-legged robots ...

MIT has developed a new kind of robot that can essentially extend itself — “growing” in a way that’s surprisingly similar to how a young plant grows upward. The way researchers accomplished this uses ...