Robots don’t grow on trees, but as one Japanese designer has proven, they can be made from trees. The artist known as Kikousya has designed and built the Mechanical Paper Robot from wood pulp, a ...

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have identified a new mechanism that helps animals to develop with precise and constant form. The reproducibility of ...

Chinese researchers have unveiled a new biomimetic underwater robot designed to operate almost invisibly beneath the surface.

In the age of cheap sensors and microcontrollers, it’s easy to forget that there might be very simple mechanical solutions to a problem. [gzumwalt]’s 3D printed mechanical edge avoiding robot is a ...

While 2024 was the year of self-cleaning robot vacuums, 2025 promises to be the year of robotic limbs. At CES 2025, Roborock had spectators doing double and triple takes when it unveiled a new ...

This giant mechanical robot suit is officially the world's largest exoskeleton - or skeleton that's on the outside - on four legs! It was built by Canadian artist and engineer Jonathan Tippett who ...