China’s dominance of the rare earth metals business—with a chokehold on Western militaries and key industries—has become a key geopolitical issue. Chinese companies make most of the parts that go into ...

Humanoid robots are moving closer to real-world deployment – and their progress depends on physical intelligence and real-time reasoning.<br /><br /> ...

Magnetic graphene oxide sheets fold, move, sense motion, and switch function by swapping magnetic layers, offering a fast, reprogrammable platform for soft robots and other morphable structures.

Hospitals can use mobile robots and AI to improve internal logistics, working conditions, sustainability, and ultimately, the ...

Dreame’s newest mop-bot has a lot of cool ideas, but fails to deliver on some of the most basic robot vacuum abilities.

If you’re really good, it’s possible to solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 10 seconds. For the rest of us, though, it can be an exceedingly tedious task. For that reason, you might ...

Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to ...

In a move that sounds like it's straight out of a science fiction novel, SpaceX is reportedly receiving a $2 billion contract to help develop the "Golden Dome"—a satellite-based missile defense system ...

When — not if — humans start competing against robots in combat sports, Wyoming is ready. The Wyoming Combat Sports Commission has already outlined ...

WPI researchers are enabling aerial robots, smaller than 100 mm and weighing less than 100 g, to navigate without relying on vision.

One of the ways AI can help is by taking the guesswork out of planning an undeniably delicious Thanksgiving meal, no matter what the holidays throw at you. Here's how to use it.

Think of actuators as the robot’s muscles —the technology that enables humanoids to move. Actuators come in three types: ...