Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of ...

Humanoid robots may be part of our future, but what we use them for partly depends on answers to very human questions: Do we trust them? Do we like them? According to one prediction, the mass-adoption ...

While the capabilities of robots have improved significantly over the past decades, they are not always able to reliably and ...

Built to measure the movement, location or displacement of an object along a linear or rotational path, position sensing in humanoid robots is needed to detect movement and convert it into signals ...

Tiny flying robots have always faced a brutal trade-off between agility and battery life, burning through power just to stay ...

The startup Realbotix is developing humanoid robots for dialogue-oriented applications at its headquarters in Las Vegas. In 2025, the company could only present initial prototypes. At CES 2026, ...

A new class of soft, programmable composites that can twist, stiffen, and move differently depending on direction may soon redefine how robots sense and act in the world. A research team at The Hong ...

For a couple of years now, as AI’s uncanny capabilities have exploded, people on both sides of the debate (proponents versus detractors) have been waiting for humanoid robot dexterity to evolve, in ...

The use of Cartesian and six-axis robots, as well as selective-compliance-articulated robot arms (SCARAs) is on the rise. They automate tasks to accelerate cycle times, increase throughput, and ...