Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Robot vacuums are great for getting the dirty work done for you (admit it, you never cleaned under the couch ...

Remote work is expanding into many other areas besides office work. Robots and remote-control technology make a greater range of tasks possible, from stocking convenience stores, to operating heavy ...

How small is Northwestern University’s robot crab? It’s sit-on-the-side-of-a-penny small. It’s half a millimeter wide — making it even smaller than a common flea. Researchers behind it have determined ...

YouTube user Daniele Benedetelli demonstrates his Cyclops MK II exoskeleton in this video, showing how his own movements control the behavior of a foot-tall robot on his desk. One of the coolest parts ...

Before the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP, spelled ‘Chornobyl’ in Ukrainian) disaster in 1986, there had been little need for radiation-resistant robots to venture into high-risk zones. The MF-2 ...

It's an epic story of almost Hollywoodesque proportions: a crippled aerospace engineer, unable to work, fighting against adversity, and while on the edge of financial destitution, decides to build his ...