Several months after the target date for their installation, there are still not any Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in the Davis Square shuttles, affectionately called the "Joeys." The Joey GPS ...

Ordinarily, when we hear about robots or other devices that are able to independently navigate outdoors, it's a given that they use GPS. French scientists have developed an alternative, however, in ...

Mountain View, Calif.-based construction robotic solutions provider Dusty Robotics announced May 10 that it has closed a $45 million Series B round, bringing total funding for its FieldPrinter robotic ...

When designing robots, researchers have long turned to the natural world for inspiration, from robots that can leap and bound like dogs to aquatic robots that can swim like squids. And by turning ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Could you find something as small as a pencil eraser by using only a global positioning system ...

Desert ants are extraordinary solitary navigators. Researchers were inspired by these ants as they designed AntBot, the first walking robot that can explore its environment randomly and go home ...