Coordinating groups of underwater robots is difficult because communication below the surface is slow and unreliable. GPS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few truly autonomous systems are deployed on the battlefield, but one startup is looking to change that with robotic systems that ...

Tiny robot swarms lift objects 45,000 times their weight using magnetic whirlpools, promising breakthrough medical and ...

Tiny magnetic microrobots spinning in liquid can generate fluidic torque strong enough to move gears and objects without any physical contact.

German startup SWARM Robotics has developed bioelectronic cyborg insects that can gather intelligence from spaces that are ...

Bees, ants, and termites build complex structures without blueprints, architects, or construction supervisors. Their colonies produce intricate hives and nests by relying on local cues like warmth, ...

With their bright blue bases, yellow gears, and exposed circuit tops, the 3D-printed robots look like a child’s toys. Yet as a roughly two-dozen-member collective, they can flow around obstacles ...

Researchers have commanded swarms of magnetic microrobots to manipulate, rotate, and assemble objects without ...

In one part of a laboratory in Bristol, UK, scientists are designing a nanoparticle swarm that will be able to target and kill tumour cells intelligently. Interactions between the tiny but simple ...