Plenty of kids (even big kids) are enamored of the thought of building their own working robots. The reality is, that’s usually easier said than done. Even some of the more renowned electronics ...

Scientists are building a new robot programmed to sleep on the job. Georgia Institute of Technology roboticists presented the proof-of-concept robotic design at a robotics conference earlier this year ...

When we talk about solutions to the pressing concerns of deforestation, mass extinction, and climate change, we tend to think big. Designers try to engineer electric airliners. Drought-ridden ...

Have you ever seen a wet sloth? They’re pretty scary. If that’s not bad enough, how do you feel about a robotic one? Named the X-4 “Sloth”, this is one of [222Doc’s] hardest projects to date — a ...

Engineers regularly swipe nature's best designs for machines that humans can use. Animals are the result of thousands of years of evolution, generally giving them sleek and enviable designs. But in ...

PART MUST COURTESY GEORGIA TECH. For Reuters customers only. It looks like a sloth and behaves like a sloth. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROFESSOR MAGNUS EGERSTEDT, GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SAYING: ...

The most daring human acrobats swing through the air without the safety of a net to catch them if they fall. Robots are usually much smarter. You'll rarely see a walking robot get off the ground ...

Have you ever seen a wet sloth? They’re pretty scary. If that’s not bad enough, how do you feel about a robotic one? Named the X-4 “Sloth”, this is one of [222Doc’s] hardest projects to date — a ...

High above the Canopy Walk, inside the fertile hardwood forests teeming with tulip poplars and Southern silverbells, is a sloth just hanging around. Take a stroll down the Storza Woods in Atlanta ...

When you've got a crop full of plants growing in a field, inspecting each and every one of them can be very monotonous work. That's why scientists are working on plant-inspecting robots, that perform ...