A 301 mg soft robot jumps continuously under constant light without batteries or electronics, using snap-through buckling and self-shadowing to create an autonomous feedback loop.

Tiny drones could one day crawl through collapsed buildings to help find survivors after earthquakes. These micro-robots, ...

In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a ...

According to its developers, the new robot features flapping wings that are powered by a set of artificial muscles that ...

Earlier versions of insect-scale robots could only fly slowly and along predictable paths. The new robot changes that dynamic entirely. The updated hardware enables tight turns, rapid acceleration, ...

Researchers have unveiled a microrobot that flies with speed and agility, mirroring the motion of real insects. These machines could help locate survivors in places humans and larger robots cannot ...

Tiny microrobots are learning to fly with insect-like speed and control, thanks to new AI-driven technology developed at MIT.

In some sense, Mr. Brooks has only himself to blame. The current humanoid craze is “kind of his fault,” said Anthony Jules, ...

Three months ago, my history club had a talk on the history and future of robots. The speaker, who has a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence, predicted that five years from now, every home would have one ...

From disaster zones, to oil spills, to the Great Pyramids of Giza, iRobot has taken its robot everywhere in its 35 years.

Under a microscope, the mosquito’s proboscis looks like a tiny, precision tool. Thin, flexible, and sharp, it slips through ...

It’s not very common that a robot the size of a paper clip is able to do ten flips in eleven seconds and keep on course ...