Controlling robots in complex environments is not an easy task, but it would greatly increase their usages. Yet living organisms are facing complexity and successfully dealing with it. So why not ...

Researchers have developed a tiny plastic robot, made of responsive polymers, which moves under the influence of light and magnetism. In the future this 'wireless aquatic polyp' should be able to ...

Automation is a lofty goal in many industries, but not always straightforward to execute. Welding car bodies in the controlled environment of a production line is relatively straightforward.

Digital twin technology has been generating a lot of buzz over past the past few years. While the potential for the technology is broad—from detailed remote maintenance and repair to artificial ...

Well, a part of your dream may come true, as a company has revealed a Kickstarter project named CellRobot. That is the same name as the enterprise, and it focuses on a modular robot that can be ...

Hundreds of tiny robots have been made to work as a team, inspired by the biological principles of self-organization. The study: Researchers have managed to get swarms of 300 robots to self-organize ...

Photo, right: Continuous technological development is making solar-generated electricity increasingly less expensive. Some of this development is taking place in Norway. Photo: Carl Attard (Pexels).

Imagine a doctor who performs surgery so precisely that she removes individual cancerous cells one at a time. Miniature robots could make this kind of accuracy possible. We've heard about tiny robots ...