The RoboBee features two “wafer-thin” wings that flap some 120 times a second to achieve vertical takeoff and mid-air ...

MIT researchers have developed more advanced bug-like robots that could one day pollinate indoor plants. The weight of a ...

Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, semiaquatic insects also known as ripple bugs, these tiny bots can glide ...

Picture a robot controlled by micromotors so small and light that it suspends itself over water like a bug. With engineers at ...

VANCOUVER – When Trudi the robot is plugged in and armed, it sounds more like a space shuttle launch system than a germ-killing machine. “Disinfecting will commence in 15 seconds; please leave the ...

Earlier this month, security researchers warned that a series of security flaws in vacuum and lawn mower robots made by Ecovacs could allow hackers to spy on their owners through the devices’ ...

Engineers at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland are studying how butterflies flutter to help design bug-size airborne robots that can mimic those manoeuvres to carry out reconnaissance, ...

WASHINGTON - People use a lot of words to describe the reviled cockroach: disgusting, ugly, sneaky and repulsive, to name a few. But it may be time to add a surprising new one: inspirational.

Her nickname is "Trudi" and she's a five-foot-five, germ-killing, ultraviolet robot battling one of the worst seasons for flu and related illnesses in recent memory. "We are always on a mission to ...

DoorDash has unveiled a new autonomous delivery robot called Dot, which was developed entirely in-house and is currently rolling out.