The next step is to build a sleeker model that’s easier to manipulate, scientist say.

Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined ...

Evolutionary algorithms represent a class of optimisation techniques inspired by the principles of biological evolution. These methods iteratively modify candidate solutions using operations analogous ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have created a new kind of robot that can adapt, recover from damage, and keep moving even after being broken apart. The machines, called “legged metamachines,” ...

As embodied AI moves from demos to deployment, my personal view is that the future will follow the evolutionary path. It better matches how technologies scale, how businesses work, and how our ...

In an unprecedented leap towards the future, Nvidia has announced what could be a transformative era in robotics the evolution towards generalist robotics. This pivotal moment in technology promises ...

Why can’t a robot do the dishes? Well, it can, but maybe not as well or as cheaply as we’d hoped. More than once, I have started a robotics article with an appeal to the Jetsons tv show of the late ...

In the movie Robot and Frank, made in 2012 and set in the near future, an elderly man named Frank (played by Frank Langella) is losing his memory. His adult son, concerned because his father lives ...

The service robotics sector is increasingly transitioning from a research-focused stage toward commercialization-led growth. Nightfood Holdings’ acquisition of intellectual property related to its BIM ...