I was watching kite surfers harness the wind to carve sweeping arcs and achieve effortless lifts…Yet, I realized nature had already perfected this art long before us.”How do tumbleweeds work? The ...

If you thought the threat of police robots died with the demise of New York's subway bot, you'd be wrong. A new rolling robot has been sent into the field in China. The spherical crime fighting device ...

Rolling robots and mechanisms represent a dynamic research field at the intersection of mechanical design, advanced control and materials engineering. These systems harness innovative kinematic ...

A tiny magnetic robot which can take 3D scans from deep within the body, that could revolutionize early cancer detection, has been developed by researchers. The team say this is the first time it has ...

Inspired by the remarkable strength and efficiency of dung beetles, researchers have developed robots that mimic the beetle’s unique object-rolling mechanics. A new study explains how dung beetles ...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new tactile sensing system that allows quadrupedal robots to carry loose, unsecured cylindrical objects on their backs without the cargo ...

*Let’s face it, a lot of folks are a little more excited than one might want to admit about the Sony Pictures film “Chappie” which releases this coming Friday March 6! “Chappie,” introduces moviegoers ...

Robots are slowing taking over fry cook duties across the Midwest. Fast-food chain White Castle has been outsourcing some of its jobs to robots. The hamburger chain has been implementing Miso Robotics ...

Amazon is getting closer to deploying the closest thing to a human in its fulfillment centers as it unveiled a robot that can “feel.” Its latest robotics breakthrough, though, isn’t part of a plot to ...