The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...

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 ...

What’s keeping them off the street is a challenge robotics researchers have circled for decades. Building robots is easier than making them function in the real world. A robot can repeat a TikTok ...

Edible robots could be incredibly useful for delivering medicine, but there’s one small problem. Batteries and actuators, the things necessary to power robots, are very inedible. But a team of ...

At its highest setting, it has a suction power of about 8,000 pascals, and it comes with an auto-detangling roller brush. It's got a self-emptying bin, and the frequency is totally customizable ...

A University of Chicago study suggests robots could offer a new kind of support to help kids eliminate anxiety about reading out loud. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...

A research team in South Korea has developed a soft robot named Octoid that can mimic the movement and behavior of an octopus in its natural habitat. The robot's "triple-in-one" system enables it to ...

There's truly nothing more adorable than baby animals, especially when they first come into the world and are experiencing so many firsts! And thanks to a precious new TikTok video, we have the ...

Ashutosh Saxena M.S. ’06 Ph.D. ’09 built his career proving that robots can learn. From conducting early artificial intelligence (AI) research at Stanford to founding companies, Saxena now builds ...

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