Robots are machines built to perform complex tasks that may be too difficult, unsafe or just too tedious for humans.
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These astonishing biobots can help neurons regrow — but researchers have no idea how
Tiny biological robots can move on their own, assemble into 'superbots' and encourage nerve cells regrow.
Robot hand exceptionally 'human-like' thanks to new 3D printing technique
The hand was printed using a technique called slow-curing, which gives plastics more time to set and makes them more durable.
Tiny, shape-shifting robot could one day be used to perform surgery from inside the body
A spider-inspired robot called mCLARI weighs less than a gram and could one day be deployed to aid first responders following a natural disaster or help out in surgery.
Human-like robot tricks people into thinking it has a mind of its own
In a new study, participants became convinced that a human-like robot had achieved self-awareness. But in reality, it was being controlled by researchers.
This sideways-scooting robot crab is so tiny it fits through the eye of a needle
Engineers have designed a mini robot crab that can be made to walk sideways using lasers. The tiny eight-legged critter is the world's smallest remote-controlled robot.
Pac-Man-shaped blobs become world's first self-replicating biological robots
Biological robots made from frog cells can self-replicate like no other organism, by moving around raw materials to build more of themselves.
Who was the first cyborg?
Fictional cyborgs have appeared in science fiction since the 1920s, but who was the first human to fuse with technology and become a real-life cyborg?
Human-like robot creates creepy self-portraits
A robotic artist powered by AI algorithms has created realistic self-portraits that question the limits of artificial intelligence and what it means to be human.
