Motors are not overly complex, but this one is downright simple. Carl Bujega has been working on a motor design that heavily relies on the capabilities of the printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication ...

Science fiction tends to project the present into the future, and so its predictions are often suspect. That’s why we’ll see people send faxes in future worlds imagined years ago, instead of beaming ...

(Nanowerk News) ‘Origami robots’ are state-of-the-art soft and flexible robots that are being tested for use in various applications including drug delivery in human bodies, search and rescue missions ...

Researchers at Harvard University have just created the first autonomous, entirely soft robot: the "octobot." Developed through a combination of 3-D printing, molding, and soft lithography, the ...

Building a robot is hard. Teaching a robot is even harder. But teaching a robot to do your teaching for you might just be within the realm of possibility. If you're building a robot to perform a ...

Ryan Howard, 34, has spent six years making a fully functioning replica of Johnny 5 (Picture: SWNS) A cult film fan has spent six years building a fully functioning robot from the film Short Circuit ...

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Smart clothing and robots alike might soon get better thanks to a breakthrough from a team of Swiss researchers. They created relatively thin electronic circuits that can be stretched like rubber up ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Mayfield Robotics, a Bosch start-up, is trying to make the home robot more personality-driven and lovable with ...