Wuhan is one of a dozen or more Chinese cities with driverless taxis. Hundreds now roam most of the city, serving the airport ...

Tiny drones could one day crawl through collapsed buildings to help find survivors after earthquakes. These micro-robots, ...

Robots flying around in space seem more like fiction than reality, but recently NASA has been testing their free-flying robots called Smart SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, ...

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Autonomous free-flying robots aboard the International Space Station (ISS) frequently lose their bearings. Without gravity to distinguish up from down, even precision sensors suffer from accumulating ...

NASA teams are testing drones, robot dogs, and new flight software in America’s toughest deserts to prepare for the ...

Researchers in Italy achieved a first flight of iRonCub3.. The robot was able to lift off the floor by approximately 50 cm while maintaining its stability. A research paper has been published in ...

Introducing X1: The world's first multirobot system that integrates a humanoid robot with a transforming drone that can launch off the humanoid's back, and later, drive away. Subscribe to our ...

Two autonomous robots combine walking, flying, and rolling in rescue missions that would be too risky for humans.

MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are grown at an unprecedented ...