Robots

To keep a robot from toppling over, researchers built a futuristic exoskeleton that gives bots humanlike reflexes.

Plugging your electric car into its charger with your own two hands is so 2013.

Swarms of robots inspired by water-hopping insects could one day be used for surveillance, search-and-rescue missions and environmental monitoring, researchers say.

Got questions about artificial intelligence? Stephen Hawking has answers.

Think you'd never pick up a hitchhiker? Then you've probably never met hitchBOT.

It may seem soft and squishy to the touch, but a new robot is tough on the inside and ready to pounce, researchers say.

If watching giant robots fight to the death sounds like your idea of a good time, then you're in luck.

Slinky snake robots could get a better grip when climbing, thanks to new research on how a seahorse's tail works, according to a new study.

Robots inspired by cockroaches can use the shape of their bodies — particularly, their distinctive round shells — to maneuver through dense clutter, according to a new study.

A robotics team from South Korea took home the $2 million first-place prize in a competition this weekend to design robots that could aid humans in a natural or manmade disaster.

This week, students and engineers from around the world will descend on Southern California for two days of good old-fashioned robot mayhem.

This weekend, some of the world's most sophisticated robots will go head-to-head in a competition that tests their ability to assist humans in a natural or man-made disaster.

One four-legged machine is making great leaps in the field of robotics.

Robots that are damaged in action can now quickly "heal" themselves by tapping into experiences from simulated lives, according to a new study.

If the movie "Tomorrowland" is anything to go by, the future will be filled with jetpacks, flying trains and, of course, evil robots.