A robot that can jump into flight like a bird could eliminate the need for runways for small fixed-winged drones. Birds use the powerful explosive force generated by their legs to leap into the air ...

This adolescent-looking android is the first flying humanoid robot — but the internet is creeped out by how it looks. The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) recently shared a video that updated ...

ISS Commander Suni Williams helps test out an Astrobee free-flying robot, outfitted with mechanical octopus tentacles to capture dead satellites and hyper-speed space debris, as she orbits the planet ...

An insect-inspired robot that only weighs as much as a raisin can perform acrobatics and fly for much longer than any previous insect-sized drone without falling apart. For tiny flying robots to make ...

A new robotics breakthrough could reshape how machines move, adapt, and interact with the world by mimicking biology itself. Engineers at EPFL have developed a programmable foam lattice that blends ...

China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the key to future lunar exploration, as the country pushes forward with its ...

Humanoid robots are doing all sorts of things recently, like playing sport, and being sold for under $6,000 USD. Interesting Engineering spotted the R1, a new human-shaped robot developed by Unitree ...

A programmable metamaterial finger can lock into four positions without electronics. A simpler, more functional future for ...

Hugging Face, the startup best known for the AI developer platform of the same name, is selling a programmable, 3D-printable robotic arm that can pick up and place objects and perform a few other ...