NATO is betting on drones, robots, and other emerging technologies to modernize its naval forces and help gain an edge over ...

Which philosophy they will learn to think. Can a walled garden outlast an open field, or will openness inevitably prevail?

It's been a goal for as long as humanoids have been a subject of popular imagination—a general-purpose robot that can do rote ...

In a proof-of-concept study that integrates smart materials, machine learning and an optical control system, a team of Rice researchers led by materials scientist Hanyu Zhu used a light-patterning ...

Like octopuses squeezing through a tiny sea cave, metatruss robots can adapt to demanding environments by changing their shape. These mighty morphing robots are made of trusses composed of hundreds of ...

This aggressive push is a direct challenge to competitors, most notably Costco, and shows that Walmart is not just keeping up with the e-commerce wave—it’s trying to lead it. While many retailers are ...

One of the biggest hurdles in developing humanoid robots is the sheer amount of training data required. Teaching machines to act like humans demands massive video datasets. Collecting that data is ...

Four wheel drive isn't only for cars anymore. The first robot vacuums are getting the capability, potentially making them more able to overcome obstacles.