Cable cars are certainly handy for transporting cargo up steep mountain slopes, but what if you want to do the same sort of thing on a much smaller scale? Well, you could try using a tiny new ...

If you ever built a line following robot, you’ll be nostalgic about [Jeremy’s] light-seeking robot. It is a very simple build since there is no CPU and, therefore, also no software. The trick, of ...

Soon, a flexible octopus-like robot could be completely free of wires or internal electronics. Engineers at Rice University have unveiled a new soft robotic arm controlled by laser beams.

If you wanted to build a robot that chased light, you might start thinking about Raspberry Pis, cameras, and off-the-shelf computer vision systems. However, it needn’t be so complex. [Ed] of [Death ...

A research team from Jilin University has developed a solar-powered floating robot that purifies water and autonomously navigates on its surface, offering a new strategy for smart, energy-free water ...

Elizabeth Blackert is a Rice University doctoral alumna who is the first author on a study published in Advanced Intelligent Systems. HOUSTON – (June 9, 2025) – Researchers at Rice University have ...

(Nanowerk News) A team of interdisciplinary scientists from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering under the College of Design and Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS ...

iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ:IRBT), a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has unveiled pre-production prototypes of the iRobot(R) 110 FirstLook(TM) unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). A small, ...

The $1,300 Shark PowerDetect UV Reveal can spot messes, adapt its cleaning to tackle them, then go back to eliminate them. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See ...

In the current work (Nature Communications, "A nanoscale robotic cleaner"), the team has succeeded in further miniaturizing ...