Researchers are continuing to make progress on developing a new synthetic material that behaves like biological muscle, an ...

The latest viral clip of a faceless android twitching under its own power has pushed humanoid robotics into a new, unsettling ...

Microsoft’s Rho-alpha pushes robots beyond assembly lines using language commands, tactile sensing, and heavy simulation ...

The Rho-alpha model incorporates sensor modalities such as tactile feedback and is trained with human guidance, says ...

Biohybrid robots that run on real muscle are shifting from science fiction toward workable machines. In labs around the world, engineers have built tiny walkers, swimmers and gripping devices powered ...

TL;DR: Chinese EV maker Xpeng unveiled its eighth-generation IRON humanoid robots featuring synthetic skin for a warmer, more intimate feel. Designed as receptionists, tour guides, and personal ...

Microsoft has announced Rho-alpha, a new robotics AI model derived from its Phi vision-language series, aimed at helping ...

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created organic robots that are powered by 3D-printed muscle cells and controlled with electrical pulses. These “bio-robots” are the ...

Scientists have unveiled a synthetic skin inspired by octopus camouflage that is capable of changing colour and texture, opening up potential uses from robotics to display technologies. Researchers ...

Robots have long struggled outside carefully controlled environments. While factory automation excels at repetitive, ...

Robots often fail outside factories when things move or change. Technology helps them see, feel, and learn, so they can work ...