AI & Robotics

Twenty-one teams took part in an internationally based robotics competition Saturday at the John Deere Pavilion in downtown Moline. The teams presented their excellence in design — programming, research and...

As scientists and researchers continue to make advances in robotics, we have seen various kinds of robots performing advanced tasks. We have seen Boston Dynamics’ robots help the police solve...

The name of the game this year is “Tipping Point.”For Great Bend High School’s robotics students, VEX’s game for the 2021-22 season comes with a touch of irony.Over the past...

Engineers at the University of California – Riverside have created a floating, robotic film that could be trained to clean up oil spills at sea or remove contaminants from drinking...

The video shows a classic dance battle setup with two men surrounded by a circle of people while taking turns showing off their best moves. (Robot Vall, YouTube) Estimated read...

Fish-shaped 'microrobots' could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly into tumours, sparing cancer patients from some of the worst side effects of the treatment. The microscopic robots, which are one-hundredth...

For years, James Thrash has put his mind toward helping students at Wetumpka High School compete in the annual Boosting Engineering Science and Technology (BEST) Robotics Competition. But this year he added...

Films and TV shows have offered us myriad archetypes of what robots could be like -- as varied as the terrifyingly clever Cylons of "Battlestar Galactica," the intrepid R2-D2 in...

Engineered Arts, a UK-based robotics company, has unveiled a humanoid robot that can display human-like expressions with the most accuracy. Named Ameca, it is the world’s most advanced human-shaped robot...

Origami- and kirigami-based metamaterials have applications from robotics to medical devices. The ancient arts of origami, the art of paper-folding, and kirigami, the art of paper-cutting, have gained popularity in...