MIT engineers have quietly solved one of the biggest bottlenecks in living-tissue robotics, creating synthetic tendons that let soft muscle pull on hard plastic with far more force and control. By ...

Robot vacuums have steadily improved their cleaning performance and object avoidance over the years, but during our testing at CNET Labs, we discovered an odd trade-off.

Cell-sized robots can sense temperature, make decisions, and move autonomously using nanowatts of power—no external control ...

CNET has been testing robot vacuums for years, but we're always refining our testing procedures. Here's the process we use to evaluate robot vacuums for cleaning, navigation performance, obstacle ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable ...

The TRON 2 modular tri-form robot supports dual-arm, wheeled, and bipedal configurations for integrated VLA research and ...

Qualcomm is in the process of transforming “the DNA of the company,” said Duggal, who now serves in an executive vice ...

Tech titans from Elon Musk to SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son have envisioned humanoid robots working next to people in factories, schools and homes. Realizing that future will require humanoid makers to ...

UK AI Growth Zones and a 20-fold public compute plan aim to spread benefits, but critics warn UBI can't curb the power held ...

Not in the Elon Musk robots-will-babysit-your-kids way, but in a way that helps us make better use of our resources and ...

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