An illustration of how the collective, decentralized behavior of ants has inspired experiments with cooperative robots that can complete tasks without central control. Harvard researchers built a ...

A robotic arm made of metal and plastic moves a sample in a laboratory setting. Robotic laboratories driven by artificial intelligence algorithms could speed up materials discovery. Researchers have ...

[Paul McCabe] wrote in to let us know about his $25 robot. This small wheeled robot is based on an ESP32 and made using cardboard and hot glue. You drive the contraption using a Bluetooth game ...

When it comes to teamwork, we could all learn something from ants. These relatively simple, small-brained animals are famous for their ability to collectively build massive, intricate, ...

Microrobots have long promised precision drug delivery inside the human body, but making them practical has remained difficult. Many designs are complex, expensive to manufacture, or hard to control ...