As the robot moves across an environment, it takes multiple photos with onboard cameras. On left are three views of a dark object on a rooft...

Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and science dedicated to the design, construction, operation, and application of auto...

Caption: MIT researchers developed a new type of origami-based construction method that could be used to build complex structures that are c...

“In physical therapy, you often need to gather patient data on how they are moving and stretching their arm during rehabilitation. Surface s...

Image Credit: Courtesy of  North Carolina State University Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Feather Star-Ins...

MIT researchers have developed a method that plans a flight path for a UAV that eludes unknown obstacles that may move in unpredictable ways...

MIT engineers developed a soft robot that can flap through water in response to flashes of light.  Photo Credit: Melanie Gonick, MIT ( CC BY...

Lead author Maayan Lev (right) with colleagues during the excavations on Mount Carmel. Photo Credit: © Reuven Yeshurun  Scientific Frontline...

“This is a more intuitive way to command the machine,” says Hermano Krebs. Krebs sees the interface as a faster way to train excavator opera...

Caption:These small square robotic boats can assemble themselves into larger structures on the water, break apart, and reassemble into somet...

Study lead author Saba Firouznia holding the flexible pump embedded with a tiny liquid-metal droplet, which supercharges its performance cap...

“Masked IRL” helps a robot understand ambiguous instructions so it does chores safely. An LLM first elaborates on users' prompts based o...

Image Credit: Courtesy of Adelaide University Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Bio-Inspired Swarm Robotics T...

Video Credit:  University of Basel Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Modular Nanorobotics The Core Concept : ...

Study lead author Saba Firouznia, Research Associate at the University of Bristol Soft Robotics Lab, holding the robot butterfly in palm of ...

Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : What Are Xenobots? Programmable Biological Organisms The Core Concept : Xen...

CUREE (Curious Underwater Robot for Ecosystem Exploration) autonomous underwater vehicle navigates using information from its cameras and ou...

The science is interesting, but I just couldn't get it out of my head. Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended...

Robot assisting with precision irrigation in an orchard. Photo Credit: Elia Scudiero / University of California, Riverside Scientific Frontl...

U.S. Army’s experimental H‑60Mx Black Hawk helicopter uses Sikorsky’s MATRIX autonomy suite, which forms the core of the DARPA ALIAS program...