Robots
Watch This Goldfish Drive an Aquarium on Wheels
The car was designed to move depending on the fish's location in its tank, showing animals can understand how to navigate foreign environments
The Science Behind Champagne Bubbles
As you uncork that bottle and raise your glass, take time to toast the physics and chemistry along with the New Year
Ten Scientific Discoveries From 2021 That May Lead to New Inventions
From nanobots to cancer treatments, nature inspires a wide variety of innovations
This Legless, Pancake-Shaped Robot Is an Impressive Jumper
A leaping robot is challenging to design, but this one can hop six times its body length per second and nearly eight times its height
Robotic Fish Are This Invasive Species' 'Worst Nightmare'
The tiny swimmers wreak havoc across the globe, but the robofish shocked them enough to impair their survival and reproduction
How Robots Could Help Restore Fragmented Frescoes in Pompeii
Using artificial intelligence, scientists have put together a computerized system that could rebuild the magnificent murals destroyed by Mount Vesuvius
Scientists Unveiled the World's First Living Robots Last Year. Now, They Can Reproduce
By clustering free-floating stem cells together, 'xenobots' can assemble baby bots
Engineers Pick the Ten Best STEM Toys to Give as Gifts This Year
These expert-approved gifts teach robotics, coding and engineering thinking through stories and play
How Scientists Are Using Robotic Animals to Learn About Real Ones
Biomimetic bots can teach researchers a lot about how creatures interact in the natural world
Is This Weed-Spotting, Yield-Predicting Rover the Future of Farming?
The robot, developed by Alphabet Inc.'s X, will make its public debut at the Smithsonian
A Marine Bacteria Species Shows Promise for Curing an Aggressive Brain Cancer
A new glioblastoma drug is derived from a microbe found in the ocean at depths of up to 6,500 feet
Scientists Design a Robotic Chameleon That Crawls and Changes Color
A new artificial skin can sense its surroundings and create a camouflage coat
'Star Wars'–Like Running Robot Finishes 5K on Two Legs
The untethered bipedal bot made history by completing the outdoor course in 53 minutes
World's First 3-D-Printed Steel Bridge Debuts in Amsterdam
The newly opened overpass measures 40 feet long and weighs 6 tons
Will the Oceans of 2030 Brim With Reef Robots and Other Fancy Stuff?
Imagine a world where an Indigenous fisher can get forecasts of local marine life from a smartphone, or robots offer real-time data on coral reef health
Researchers Create Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm With Sense of Touch
Touch feedback allowed a man with electrodes implanted into his brain to command a robotic arm and complete tasks quickly
From Floating Cities to Biodegradable Burial Pods and Flying Cars, the Smithsonian Envisions a Multitude of Futures
The Arts and Industries Building will reopen this November with a thought-provoking exploration of what lies ahead for humanity
Perseverance Rover Shares Its First Video and Audio of Mars
The Curiosity rover landed the same way in 2012 but the engineers who designed the system hadn’t seen it in action until now
Perseverance Kicks Off Elaborate Effort to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth
The decade-long mission requires dozens of glass tubes, two rovers and three more rocket launches, including the first from another planet
These 3-D Printed Robot Fish Sync and Swim
The small water-bound robots use wide-angle cameras and three bright LEDs to move in synchronized swarms
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