Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory. It raises questions about how much humans should outsource to robots.

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts and history-making discoverers, and jetting above the c ...

This year's tasks include mapping cold-water coral ecosystems, deploying ocean observatory instrumentation, modeling offshore ...

Symmetry is everywhere in nature, from the bilateral form of vertebrates to the radial geometry of starfish. For decades, ...

MIT researchers developed a technique to combine robotics training data across domains, modalities, and tasks using generative AI models. They create a combined strategy from several different ...

The new 'mecha' robot, which weighs over 1,000 pounds and stands nearly 10 foot tall, is designed for urban mobility.

Researchers have created the smallest walking robot yet. Its mission: to be tiny enough to interact with waves of visible light and still move independently, so that it can maneuver to specific ...

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Purdue University’s online Master of Science in Robotics equips engineers to lead in the dynamic field of robotics. This program focuses on the analysis, control, and design of robotic systems, ...

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

Japan’s bear problem continues, and the country is running out of the robot wolves that help keep them at bay. First released ...

A pizza robot startup backed by millions has shut down, highlighting how replacing human workers with automation remains ...