The compound eyes of the humble fruit fly are a marvel of nature. They are wide-angle and can process visual information ...

Human hands are a wonder of nature and unmatched in the animal kingdom. They can twist caps, flick switches, handle tiny objects with ease, and perform thousands of tasks every day. Robot hands ...

Humans place a lot of stock in overcoming nature. It's the core of our identity: We rose above the daily scramble for survival, formed society, created art and leisure and religion. By contrast, the ...

A team of roboticists at the Beijing Institute of Technology, working with a pair of colleagues from the Technical University of Munich, has created a new kind of rat robot—one that was designed to ...

For a low-cost solution, Karthik Urs, then at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and his colleagues 3D printed a robot with legs that can be adapted to match those of various species — complete ...

Suspended on a cable fixed between two trees in front of the Engineering Gateway building on UC Irvine’s campus hangs the RaccoonBot. And well, he’s just adorable. “The ‘cute factor’ wasn’t just a ...

It takes more than words to cure a lonely heart. Scientists have discovered that adding music to a robot's repertoire makes it feel more lifelike and emotionally supportive.

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A person looks at a robot arm inside a glass workspace. The A-Lab at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory uses artificial intelligence and robotics to synthesize new materials without human ...