Alphabet previously killed a robotics project called Everyday Robots. Now it's saying goodbye to another one: an exoskeleton project called Skip.

Despite how advanced robots have become, getting them to feel the way humans do is an incredibly complex challenge.

The KR-1 robot is an autonomous humanoid warehouse robot designed for pick-and-place and material handling. With dual arms, a ...

Underwater octopuses change their body color and texture in the blink of an eye to blend perfectly into their surroundings ...

Analog cameras are nowhere near as efficient as biological eyes. If you’ve ever handled a single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, especially if it had a zoom lens attached, you know how heavy they are, and ...

Although they're constantly improving, robots aren't necessarily known for their gentle touch. A new robotic system from MIT ...

A research team in South Korea has developed a soft robot named Octoid that can mimic the movement and behavior of an octopus in its natural habitat. The robot's "triple-in-one" system enables it to ...

A team of researchers provides a perspective on the role that soft actuators and energy harvesters play in building ...

Step inside the Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich, and you find yourself in a space that is part children's nursery, part ...

Engineers have developed a new soft, flexible device that makes robots move by expanding and contracting -- just like a human muscle. To demonstrate their new device, called an actuator, the ...

When disaster strikes and buildings collapse, every second counts for emergency responders searching for survivors trapped beneath rubble. Traditional tools often fall short in these dangerous, ...