A robot no bigger than a surfboard has done what no machine has ever done before. On September 28, a small, wind-powered ocean robot became the first uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) to capture and ...

A San Rafael startup proposed a sci-fi solution to raise areas facing the twin threats of land subsidence and sea level rise.

Fidget poppers are an example of "bistability," as the popped circles rest in one of two stable states. Purdue University researchers have taken this idea to its extreme, building robots that can be ...

Enceladus, Saturn’s sixth largest moon, has always been a good candidate for life in the Solar System. It contains a warm saltwater ocean beneath a thick layer of ice and water vapour spraying from ...

Down here, the only flashes of light come from animals’ bioluminescent bodies. Deep sea anglerfish, whose huge mouths hold ...

Robotics startups founded at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology are taking their innovations beyond the ...

The vast Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou stood as a rebuke to U.S. efforts to hem in China’s technology. But the real ...

An industrial walking robot that freely climbs walls and ceilings and a humanoid walking robot that walks through downtown Gangnam are attracting attention as they enter the stage of commercialization ...

Argentina explores Mar del Plata Canyon for the first time: 40 new species are discovered and the country is captivated by ...

Robotics is about more than mechanized pets and anthropomorphized humans. Here are two high-level truths essential to ...

Unmanned systems are meant to keep divers out of danger during the removal of sea mines, but human intervention remains ...

We dig into the details of the science of Tylenol and autism with a researcher who led one of the largest studies on the ...