A weird 20-legged machine could change how scientists think about the ideal robot form. For decades, roboticists have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers in the United States have developed an autonomous underwater robot that can listen to coral reefs, track marine life ...

Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory. It raises questions about how much humans should outsource to robots.

Researchers hope to build a facility with thousands of robots capable of performing experiments independently by 2040.

Table tennis is one of the most skill-intensive sports on the planet – and engineers have now built a robot capable of besting some of the world's top players. Its name is Ace, and against 'elite' ...

The New Scientist Book Club read Silvia Park's near-future sci-fi novel Luminous in May, and had lots of good things to say (along with a few complaints) ...

Engineers are increasingly turning to the concept of "biomimicry" for the next generation of Mars robots.

Robots are becoming more a part of our lives every year, and worries about a robot army rising up have long plagued the ...