The world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have debuted at the University of Pennsylvania, sporting a brain ...

Robots are starting to do in a few days what medicinal chemists once needed months to attempt, churning out hundreds of potential antibiotic molecules and testing them against dangerous bacteria at ...

From R2-D2 to Optimus Prime, Wall-E to The Iron Giant, robots have long captured our collective imaginations. In today’s world, their influence is far less limited to fictional settings; robotics are ...

Purdue researchers are building AI-powered air-ground robots that can navigate and collaborate in GPS-denied military terrain ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable ...

China has turned a science fiction trope into industrial policy, opening a dedicated “robot school” where humanoid machines ...

Robots small enough to travel autonomously through the human body to repair damaged sites may seem the stuff of science ...

Humanoid robots, once confined to science fiction, are transitioning into viable commercial entities due to advances in ...

While this scene could have taken place at any professional golf tournament, this celebration took place in a Northwestern Engineering laboratory, home to the school's Master of Science in Robotics ...

Salto the robot is acting a little squirrelly. The jumping bot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe ­­­— just like a squirrel soaring from branch to branch. It’s the first time scientists ...

The Master of Science in Robotics final project is where students put the skills, lessons, and ideas they've developed into practice. These faculty-guided experiences provide an opportunity for ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.