Robotics

Most robots are preprogrammed to perform specific functions, but Figure's humanoid Figure 01 machine — that learns by watching and corrects its own mistakes — might upend the field.

Tesla's Optimus Gen-2 has come a long way since the firm's first Bumble-C machine in 2022 and can manipulate delicate objects with its fingers.

Tiny biological robots can move on their own, assemble into 'superbots' and encourage nerve cells regrow.

The hand was printed using a technique called slow-curing, which gives plastics more time to set and makes them more durable.

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.

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.

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.

Biological robots made from frog cells can self-replicate like no other organism, by moving around raw materials to build more of themselves.

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?

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.