Engineers at Northwestern University have created a new kind of robot that can adapt, recover from damage, and keep moving even after being broken apart. The machines, called “legged metamachines,” ...

When it comes to locomotion, robots don’t typically do more than one thing at a time. Walkers stick to walking, and rollers stick to rolling. However, this simple method of enabling a cheetah-style ...

A soft robot with no motors, batteries or computers can roll over a range of surfaces and escape simple mazes by harvesting heat energy and turning it into motion. Jie Yin at North Carolina State ...

Robotics has moved far beyond simple mechanical machines performing repetitive tasks. In 2026, robots are becoming intelligent assistants that can move, analyze environments, interact with people, and ...

Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to understand.

When you think of Boston Dynamics, you probably conjure images of the frighteningly mobile robot dog Spot or the terrifyingly human-shaped robot Atlas, but the company has started to shift its focus ...