Until now, robots have been able to walk on flat surfaces. Even then, they've needed almost constant human guidance. These ...

EU-funded researchers have developed robust mini robots with advanced sensors to help search and rescue teams find survivors in the aftermath of earthquakes and other disasters. By Michael Allen In ...

Researchers are using the human body as inspiration in the next generation of robots. It's like anatomy, but electronic. Electro-hydraulic muscles are more energy efficient than motor driven robots.

Engineers developing space exploration robots drew inspiration from the common squirrel for their latest cutting-edge bot design, which they say could also help in search and rescue missions during ...

Once upon a time, Port Authority police patrolled the Lincoln and Holland tunnels in tiny electric cars the width of a modest computer monitor that ran on catwalks above the roadway. The catwalks that ...