Humanoid robots are rapidly improving in motion fluidity, making them more human-like and suitable for complex tasks.

Tactile robots typically use dense arrays of sensors to detect pressure and texture. Most most robotic sensors today are ...

A lamprey’s mouth has inspired a new suction device that can grip in air and underwater. The design aims to solve a ...

A collaborative research group has developed a bio-inspired robotic system based on insect behavior which can locate odor ...

For more than half a century, robots have played an ever-increasing role in manufacturing, successfully transforming industries ranging from automobiles to electronics to consumer goods. As their ...

Georgia Tech is aiming at environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, and infrastructure maintenance with an aerial robot that trades speed for energy-efficiency. Called SlothBot, it is intended ...

The mechanisms of other animals that humans do not have can be used as ideas for robotics research, such as the mechanism that allows penguins to swim quickly as a clue for constructing water vehicles ...

Chances are that at some point you’ve used an elliptical trainer, or cross-trainer, in the gym. A piece of equipment designed to simulate stair climbing, walking, or running, for most of us the ...

A team of researchers at Cranfield University has built a new wind-powered robot designed to spend extended periods of time ...