Nature is replete with slender filaments that bend and coil—from climbing grape vines, to folded proteins, to elephant trunks that can pick up a peanut but also take down a tree.

Robotically assembled building blocks could be a more environmentally friendly method for erecting large-scale structures ...

Inside the enduring appeal of machines that look, move, and increasingly think like humans. Twenty-first-century humanoids, ...

We've all heard that "if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself." And that’s usually fine when it comes to ...

Robotic machine-learning company Generalist has announced GEN-1, a new physical AI system that it says “crosses into production-level success rates” on “a broad range of physical skills” that used to ...

Humanoid robots keep showing up in headlines, but many of the most innovative robots doing actual work neither resemble humans nor are built to be general-purpose replacements for them. Instead, ...

The Bristol team built a simplified system where motors interact through brief contact within a designed structure.University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol have created a network ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

Mech-Mind Robotics, a leading provider of 3D vision systems and software for industrial robots, laid out its plans at Automation World (AW) 2026 to become a global leader in embodied AI. It provides ...

Universal Robots (UR) today unveiled the UR AI Trainer at GTC 2026 in Silicon Valley. Developed in collaboration with Scale AI, the AI Trainer marks a tectonic shift as robots move from pre-programmed ...

The idea of humanoid robots can either seem like the forefront of innovation or the plot of a slightly creepy, oddly prescient 2004 Will Smith movie. In reality, robots have been a part of ...

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