Like so many robot faces of its generation, its head shape, eyes, and silicon skin all resemble a human face but not enough to avoid the dreaded uncanny valley. That's okay, because the point of ...

Coming to a tight spot near you: CLARI, the little, squishable robot that can passively change its shape to squeeze through narrow gaps—with a bit of inspiration from the world of bugs. CLARI, which ...

Researchers have created a new and promising kind of robot that mimics the natural motions of earthworms. Because of how the robot moves, they believe it could be useful in preventing the spread ...

The individual modules of the Mori3 robot are triangular in shape. The modules easily join together to create polygons of different sizes and configurations in a process known as polygon meshing.

If a robot is going to excel at traversing multiple types of terrain, it shouldn't have an unadaptable "Jack of all trades, master of none" body shape. That's where the GOAT robot comes in ...

The LEGO man-shaped robot melted into a silver slurry and oozed out of the container. Then, it flowed into a nearby mold and restored its earlier form. If the shape-shifting robot sounds familiar ...

Scientists have designed a tiny, shape-shifting "spider-bot" that can passively manipulate its body as it navigates its environment. The arachnid-inspired robot is a precursor to a bot that could ...

See how an autonomous robot created a shock-absorbing shape no human ever could -- and what it means for designing safer helmets, packaging, car bumpers, and more. Inside a lab in Boston ...

Like so many robot faces of its generation, its head shape, eyes, and silicon skin all resemble a human face but not enough to avoid the dreaded uncanny valley. That's okay, because the point of Emo ...