A team led by Northwestern Engineering researchers has developed the first artificial intelligence (AI) to date that can intelligently design robots from scratch. To test the new AI, the researchers ...

Since the 1980s, the design and synthesis of molecular machines has been identified as a grand challenge for molecular engineering. Robots are an important type of molecular machine that automatically ...

While its feet may wander aimlessly, its hand won’t pick up just anything. Neither will it release its finds willy nilly. “It” is a molecular robot, a single-stranded DNA with one leg and two foot ...

Neil Tyler talks to Daniel Camilleri, founder and chief executive of BOW, a spinout that has developed a single software solution that can control any robot. BOW is a Sheffield-based company that ...

Imagine a robot that could help you tidy your home: roving about, sorting stray socks into the laundry and dirty dishes into the dishwasher. While such a practical helper may still be the stuff of ...

Pyxel is a robot dog that very young programmers can use as a graphical programming language. 1. The Pixel puppy has touch-sensitive sensors so that it knows when you're petting it. The Pyxel can be ...

AI robots could soon be taking some of the burden off exhausted nurses by dealing with patients' questions and performing simple tasks. Following a successful hospital trial, it was found that the ...