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  • a person stands on a boat in front of a large mechanical apparatus bearing NOAA logo

    For This Engineer, Taking Deep Dives Is Part of the Job

    Levi Unema builds, maintains, and pilots underwater robots

    27 Nov 2025
    a person stands on a boat in front of a large mechanical apparatus bearing NOAA logo
  • Dr. Vitor Pereira remotely performing a surgical procedure using Remedy Robotics' N1 System.

    Remote Robotics Could Widen Access to Stroke Treatment

    Telerobotics span hundreds of miles for emergency procedures

    24 Nov 2025
    Dr. Vitor Pereira remotely performing a surgical procedure using Remedy Robotics' N1 System.
  • A silver and black bipedal humanoid uses its five fingered hands to gray towels. A towel to be folded sits on one side, and on the other is a basket holding folding towels.

    Why Is Everyone’s Robot Folding Clothes?

    And what does it tell us about the state of modern robot learning?

    19 Nov 2025
    A silver and black bipedal humanoid uses its five fingered hands to gray towels. A towel to be folded sits on one side, and on the other is a basket holding folding towels.
  • A group of students and adults from different countries pose with robots in front of signage for the First Global robotics competition.

    Students Compete—and Cooperate—in FIRST Global Robotics Challenge

    This year’s challenge focused on protecting ecosystems and species

    15 Nov 2025
    A group of students and adults from different countries pose with robots in front of signage for the First Global robotics competition.
  • Sands shift in a glass box as an orange robotic worm surfaces.

    This Soft Robot Is 100% Edible, Including the Battery

    It’s designed to feed medication to wild boars, but you can eat it too

    14 Nov 2025
    Sands shift in a glass box as an orange robotic worm surfaces.
  • A vast manufacturing hall stretches into the distance, with robotic vehicles visible in the foreground.

    Inside Hyundai’s Massive Metaplant

    In America’s most advanced car factory, robot dogs inspect welds

    05 Nov 2025
    A vast manufacturing hall stretches into the distance, with robotic vehicles visible in the foreground.
  • White robot fish swimming underwater with visible circuitry.

    Robotic Fish Zips Through Water With Flexible Electromagnetic Fin

    Novel fin design boosts aquatic agility

    04 Nov 2025
    White robot fish swimming underwater with visible circuitry.
  • A smiling black woman wearing glasses and an orange shirt holds an two wheeled robot consisting of a flat piece with multiple boards, wires, and electronics on top.

    This Professor’s Open-Source Robots Make STEM More Inclusive

    Carlotta Berry’s research and outreach support hands-on learning

    04 Nov 2025
    A smiling black woman wearing glasses and an orange shirt holds an two wheeled robot consisting of a flat piece with multiple boards, wires, and electronics on top.
  • A collection of 8 video stills showing a man in a silver bodysuit doing tasks including picking up dog poop, wiping a window, peeling an orange, opening a door, using keys, having peanut butter on it's finger, holding up a dress shirt on a hangar, and cleaning a pan with a sponge.

    A Challenge to Roboticists: My Humanoid Olympics

    A gold medal awaits the robot that can conquer doors, laundry, and peanut butter

    04 Nov 2025
    A collection of 8 video stills showing a man in a silver bodysuit doing tasks including picking up dog poop, wiping a window, peeling an orange, opening a door, using keys, having peanut butter on it's finger, holding up a dress shirt on a hangar, and cleaning a pan with a sponge.
  • Conceptual illustration of a mini cross-shaped soft robot tumbling down the length of a small intestine.

    Spider-Inspired Microbots Could Replace Invasive Gut Diagnostics

    The magnetically controlled bots roll through the digestive tract

    02 Nov 2025
    Conceptual illustration of a mini cross-shaped soft robot tumbling down the length of a small intestine.
  • Animated gif of a stingraybot incorporating variable-size microbubble-array artificial muscles that undulate propulsion when excited by ultrasound.

    Ultrasound Makes Artificial Muscles Bubble to Life

    Acoustic technology could transform soft robotics in medicine

    29 Oct 2025
    Animated gif of a stingraybot incorporating variable-size microbubble-array artificial muscles that undulate propulsion when excited by ultrasound.
  • Submarine periscope partially submerged in calm water.

    Free-Floating Robots Find Ocean’s Carbon Storage Is Struggling

    “Biogeochemical” profiling reveals the impact of marine heatwaves

    28 Oct 2025
    Submarine periscope partially submerged in calm water.
  • Roomba vacuum signed by iRobot team, showing control buttons, on wooden floor.

    How Roomba Got Its Vacuum

    Joe Jones describes how the Roomba came to be

    15 Oct 2025
    Roomba vacuum signed by iRobot team, showing control buttons, on wooden floor.
  • Advanced robot torso with mechanical arms and visible cables.

    Why the World Needs a Flying Robot Baby

    iRonCub3 could be the future of disaster-response robots

    30 Sep 2025
    Advanced robot torso with mechanical arms and visible cables.
  • The Unitree humanoid robot with sleek design, dual-arm, and sensor-equipped head.

    Exploit Allows for Takeover of Fleets of Unitree Robots

    Security researchers find a wormable vulnerability

    25 Sep 2025
    The Unitree humanoid robot with sleek design, dual-arm, and sensor-equipped head.
  • A four-legged robot successfully crawling under a bench and walking over a sidewalk curb. Each image is paired with a visualization of the three-dimensional mapping technique driving its actions.

    Robot Navigates Tough Terrain With New 3D Mapping Technique

    The bot autonomously jumps and crawls cluttered spaces with ease

    24 Sep 2025
    A four-legged robot successfully crawling under a bench and walking over a sidewalk curb. Each image is paired with a visualization of the three-dimensional mapping technique driving its actions.
  • Robots with shovels stand in a container, ready for deployment on a pallet.

    Reality Is Ruining the Humanoid Robot Hype

    The obstacles to scaling up humanoids that nobody is talking about

    11 Sep 2025
    Robots with shovels stand in a container, ready for deployment on a pallet.
  • Boston Dynamics robot operating autonomously near stacked robotic components on a shelf.

    Large Behavior Models Are Helping Atlas Get to Work

    Going behind the scenes of the latest Boston Dynamics video

    07 Sep 2025
    Boston Dynamics robot operating autonomously near stacked robotic components on a shelf.
  • Three by three grid showing various humanoid robots performing household tasks, such as watering plants, vacuuming and loading laundry.

    Do People Really Want Humanoid Robots in Their Homes?

    Companies pour billions into a vision we should be skeptical of

    03 Sep 2025
    Three by three grid showing various humanoid robots performing household tasks, such as watering plants, vacuuming and loading laundry.
  • Two people posing with a yellow robot dog at a tech event.

    Connecting Africa’s Next Generation of Engineers

    Sub-Saharan Africa needs hardware resources to develop engineers

    01 Sep 2025
    Two people posing with a yellow robot dog at a tech event.
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