Chinese team unveils GrowHR, a soft humanoid that can shapeshift, float, swim, fly, and walk on water with bone-inspired linkages.

Robotic fins inspired by stingrays help underwater vehicles stay level and avoid collisions with the seabed. Using robotic ...

Using robotic fins, researchers have learned how stingrays are able to swim with impressive control. These insights could ...

CES 2026, a yearly consumer electronics conference, saw robots that promise to help with everything from loading the washing ...

Tiny flying robots have always faced a brutal trade-off between agility and battery life, burning through power just to stay ...

The Model A 'flying car from Santa Clara-based Alef Aeronautics is designed to be able to travel up to 200 miles on roads between charges, if it isn't taken airborne ...

Samsung hosted The First Look ahead of the opening of CES 2026, led by head of the Device eXperience (DX) division Han Jong-hee, together with SW Yong, head of the Visual Display (VD) Business, and CK ...

Scientists have designed swarms of microscopic robots that communicate and coordinate using sound waves, much like bees or birds. These self-organizing micromachines can adapt to their surroundings, ...

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China’s experiments in clean energy can feel like living in the future. Even when things don’t quite work. By The New York Times By Keith Bradsher | Visuals by Qilai Shen As an American reporter ...

Navigating in a microgravity environment is a challenge even for trained human astronauts, but it is even more challenging for autonomous robots, limiting their use in places like a space station. Now ...