A robot that swims like a diving bird and then flies like, well, a bird, sounds like the setup for two different machines ...

Embodied AI changes that arrangement entirely. It gives the machine a body, and with it, consequences. The architecture is ...

A team of researchers has demonstrated the role that floating robots inspired by Tinker Bell, Pokemon and Studio Ghibli might ...

The video shows a lighter-than-air robot with fins gliding through the air, making it look like a white, floating whale. It ...

Once swallowed inside a capsule, the tiny robot unfolds and is guided by external magnetic fields to crawl across the stomach ...

MIT's FloatForm swarm robot boats self-assemble into floating platforms for bridges, emergency response and adaptive ...

As England prepare to face Norway in a blockbuster FIFA World Cup quarter-final on Sunday (July 12), all eyes will be on ...

Imagine placing a flat piece of plastic on a warm surface and watching it fold itself into a fully functional robot without ...

Researchers have developed autonomous floating robots that self-assemble into stable structures, offering a scalable approach ...

Southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus), curled in a human hand. When a three-banded armadillo senses danger, it doesn’t run or fight. Instead, it transforms itself into a living shield, ...

Most people think of the waterfront as the edge of the city. A team of MIT researchers sees it as a dynamic, Lego-like ...

Inspired by diving birds, roboticists built the lightweight machines to move from water to air. The design may one day lead ...