Researchers have created the world's smallest autonomous robots smaller than a grain of salt. These programmable ...

Powered by light, the robots carry computers and can move in complex patterns, say Penn Engineering and University of ...

Solving a technical challenge that has stymied science for 40 years, researchers have built a robot with an onboard computer, sensors and a motor, the whole assembly less than 1 millimeter in size — ...

Scientists have created the world's smallest programmable robots, each smaller than a grain of salt and costing just one ...

Building an open-source humanoid robot has traditionally been out of reach for most people due to high costs and complex proprietary systems. While robotics has made major strides in automation, ...

A team of MIT researchers created a speech-to-reality system that enables a robot to build furniture with just a simple ...

Dozens of companies are building robots that look like humans. One of them is training a machine to be a butler and will soon test them in homes. Dozens of companies are building robots that look like ...

We’re far from realizing the kind of nanomachines envisioned in media like “The Diamond Age” and Metal Gear Solid, but scientists have just taken a meaningful step towards the next best thing. A team ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...