Robots

Highly efficient robots on wheels could soon be hauling trash in a neighborhood near you.

Helicopters of the future could use insectlike robotic legs to land in unlikely places — like the slopes of steep hills or the decks of rocking boats.

Boston Dynamics' sure-footed humanoid bot is one of many supermobile machines that are cool and capable.

The future is here, and it looks like a pair of robot legs that you control with your mind.

Finally, there's a crowdfunding campaign for people who want to watch giant robots fight to the death.

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.