Robots are rapidly shifting from supporting characters in spaceflight to the central tools that could make long term life on ...

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Scientists have been working for years to create robots powered by living muscle tissue. These biohybrid robots combine ...

Would you welcome a robot into your home? Guess what: You probably already have.

A brand-new engineering approach to generate "designer" biological robots using human lung cells is underway in Carnegie Mellon University's Ren lab. Referred to as AggreBots, these microscale living ...

By using one physical principle—magnetism—to drive both movement and power, the team created a robot that is more efficient, ...

It’s a bizarre sight: With a short burst of light, a sponge-shaped robot scoots across a tiled surface. Flipped on its back, it repeatedly twitches as if doing sit-ups. By tinkering with the light’s ...

We've all had the experience of staying up late and not being able to wake up the next morning. This difficulty arises due to a shift in what's known as our biological clock, which is the central ...

Plant robotics shows how living movement and sensing can power biodegradable machines that work with natural environments, ...