R esearchers from Ben Gurion University in the Negev, Israel, have designed a reconfigurable crawling robot that can shift ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

Assistant robots really suited for everyday routines, which take over burdensome or monotonous work for humans, are still virtually unavailable commercially. Such systems are usually either not ...

There are more robots than people in the Robotics Research Lab at the University of Nevada, Reno, but they haven't taken over yet. From the 5' 5" tall, advanced PR2 humanoid robot to three small ...

Alphabet Inc.’s X research lab today provided an update about its Everyday Robots project, which aims to develop robots capable of performing day-to-day tasks such as tidying chairs. The X research ...

Life science researchers seeking to bolster their automated workflows with a self-correcting, learning robot can now employ a new four-axis “selective compliance articulated robot arm,” or SCARA, from ...

Faster Bluetooth pairing and a better app come to Sphero's educational platform. From painting to swimming to maze-running, we put it through its paces. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009.

A group of researchers at MIT have employed a virtual reality system that creates a way to observe a robot’s train of thought in real-time. At MIT’s Aerospace Controls Lab, a system of ceiling-mounted ...

Scientists say they've witnessed a never-before-seen type of replication in organic robots created in the lab using frog cells. Among other things, the findings could have implications for ...

It’s the face of the future. A team of scientists unveiled a robot face covered with a delicate layer of living skin that heals itself and crinkles into a smile in hopes of developing more human-like ...

Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, where he's worked since 2000. A born browser of dictionaries, he honed his language skills as a US Army linguist (Polish and German) before diving into ...