My Special Aflac Duck and Paro seal are among a new wave of robots that straddle the line between a therapy animal and a friend.

Unlike traditional robots that rely on electric motors or mechanical parts, biohybrid robots are powered by living muscle ...

Soft batteries and water-walking robots are among the many creations made possible by studying animals and plants.

Scientists at the University of Oxford have created a new type of soft robot that moves and reacts without using any ...

Movies have always played up the mad scientist trope, but real-life labs have carried out experiments that make fiction look ...

Engineers are creating flexible robots that move more like animals than machines. Built from soft materials instead of metal frames, these designs can squeeze through tight spaces, handle delicate ...

And then there’s the fact that kids can find AI-enabled toys uncanny. The Good Housekeeping Institute hasn’t had the ...

Turkeys are getting bolder and causing conflict in some Detroit area cities. University of Michigan students are developing a ...

A huddle has formed inside an old warehouse at the end of a narrow lane on the west Cumbrian coast. All eyes are on Spot, a ...

Insects that tuck away their wings using origami creases have inspired foldable structures for drones and solar panels that ...

The brewing process takes raw cereal grain – usually from barley – and converts its starch and proteins into simpler chemicals by malting. Brewers initiate this process by adding water, which wakes ...

Born as an açaí-producing company, Açaí Kaa from Pará developed technologies for the industry—including a robot that harvests ...