Scientists create smallest programmable robots ever - smaller than salt grains, these breakthrough microscopic machines could ...

Researchers have succeeded in developing the smallest fully autonomous robot in history. It measures less than 1 millimeter and can swim underwater for months powered only by light.

Massive manta rays and other pelagic ray species tend to hover near the ocean surface using a flapping motion. Benthic rays, ...

An orange wheel rolls across concrete and suddenly jumps, as if it decided to ...

Humanoid robots look impressive and have enormous potential to change our daily lives, but they still have a reputation for ...

A Korean research team has created a light-driven artificial muscle that functions independently underwater, advancing the future of soft robotics. The system, developed by the Korea Research ...

Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have learned how stingrays are able to swim with ...

This spinning-mass principle drives several robots in development. One is a remote-controlled wheel that jumps when the ...

The boat-shaped robot takes advantage of the same phenomenon – the Marangoni effect – used by some aquatic insects to propel themselves across the surface of water. A chemical reaction within a tiny ...

This review article, authored by Dr. Weidong Zhang’s team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was recently published in the journal Robot Learning. Focusing on the increasingly prominent topic of ...