Fish stranded on shore often look helpless, all flops and wriggles. But that clumsy scramble may follow a surprisingly consistent plan, one shared by several species separated by large gaps on the ...

A tiny robot no bigger than a baseball has quietly rewritten the rules of moon exploration. In January 2024, Japan's space agency JAXA successfully deployed a transforming rover named SORA-Q onto the ...

Science laboratories across disciplines--chemistry, biochemistry and materials science--are on the verge of a sweeping transformation as robotic automation and AI lead to faster and more precise ...

Inside a UNC-Chapel Hill Science lab sits an autonomous robot. Imagine a machine like a Roomba, but with an arm, so it can pick up things like a dirty sock off the floor. A group of researchers from ...

Insect-scale legged robots have become increasingly capable in recent years but are still severely limited in terms of onboard resources for computation and power. On the other hand, simple models for ...

Switching from one smartphone to another is mostly a smooth procedure. You log into your accounts and your apps, preferences, and contacts should sync to the new ...