For nearly half a century, the dream of microscopic robotics has felt tantalizingly close, yet perpetually out of reach. We have grown up on a diet of science fiction like Fantastic Voyage, imagining ...

Building a robot that could pick up delicate objects like eggs or blueberries without crushing them took lots of control algorithms that process feeds from advanced vision systems or sensors that ...

Soft robots aim to move and change shape smoothly, but they often rely on bulky motors or external systems. To overcome this, ...

A peek at Misty, an advanced, programmable home robot that makes faces There's plenty of consumer robots out there, and a growing number of programmable robotic platforms for the home, office, or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. We’ve digitized sight, and we’ve digitized sound. But touch, one of the most important ...

A recent review published in the journal SmartBot says these DNA nanorobots could one day be capable of delivering drugs to specific locations in the body, capturing viruses like SARS-CoV-2, and even ...

Spun off from toy-droid kingpin Sphero, this startup wants to sell bots that only get more capable as their owners figure out all the things they can do. A peek at Misty, an advanced, programmable ...

Automation vs. Robotics Defining Automation: The Broad Spectrum of Task Execution. When we talk about automation, we’re ...

Robot adoption is advancing rapidly, driven by declining costs, rising demand, and the integration of artificial intelligence ...

DNA robots are emerging as tiny programmable machines that could one day deliver drugs, hunt viruses, and build ...