Humankind has long been fascinated by robotics. They inhabit our imagination and media and are essential in our future ...

Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can ...

Humanoid robots keep showing up in headlines, but many of the most innovative robots doing actual work neither resemble humans nor are built to be general-purpose replacements for them. Instead, ...

The robot senses and steals glances at nearby people while clinging to a bag strap. The robot senses and steals glances at nearby people while clinging to a bag strap. is a senior reporter who’s been ...

Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics together form a unifying framework for designing, analysing and deploying intelligent electromechanical systems. Control engineering provides the ...