Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Four-legged robots like Boston Dynamics’ Spot and Cheetah owe ...

Czech playwright Karel Capek coined the word “robot” in his seminal 1920 work, “Rossum’s Universal Robots.” In this dark piece of sci-fi, the term described flesh-and-blood laborers made from organic ...

Scientists have created remote-controlled walking robots actuated by mouse muscle cells, Inverse reports, a Frankensteinian mashup of state-of-the-art robotics and basic biological systems that could ...

A robotic game of cat and mouse playing out in a lab provides a peek at future possibilities of robots carrying out search-and-rescue missions or wildlife surveys without much human guidance. The ...

Robots from the USA and the UK battle each other in a straight knockout competition to see which nation has the best robot. Robots Competing: USA: 6 Million Dollar Mouse, General Chompsalot, Joker, ...