A proposed project would send soap-size spacecraft to orbit Proxima Centauri, offering enough time to study the star’s intriguing world.
Flexible silicone membrane helps make machine an agile flier
Made from hydrogel, robots may one day assist in surgical operations, evade underwater detection.
This new breed of machines could help save lives in situations where human responders are unable to safely reach victims.
The newest robots to pave the way for synthetic creatures is able to move remarkably well like a manta ray.
Robot aircraft are to be tested in UK airspace to help refine systems that control autonomous planes.
In the not-too-distant future, our fields could be tilled, sown, tended and harvested entirely by fleets of co-operating autonomous machines by land and air.
Being gainfully employed is about more than money. We need to consider what will give our lives purpose and connection in the age of automation
Automation is coming to one of the world’s most iconic jobs.
Soseki Nastume, a famous Japanese author who wrote stories like Kokoro and I Am a Cat, is being revived as a robot so he can teach.
