The world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have debuted at the University of Pennsylvania, sporting a brain developed at the University of Michigan. These microscopic swimming machines ...

For nearly half a century, the dream of microscopic robotics has felt tantalizingly close, yet perpetually out of reach. We have grown up on a diet of science fiction like Fantastic Voyage, imagining ...

Adam Pollack leans on his MSR lessons as a software engineer at Zoox, a company looking to develop a fleet of autonomous vehicles and reduce the snarl of automobile traffic in urban areas. Adam ...

RoboGrammar is a new system that automates and optimizes robot design. The system creates arthropod-inspired robots for traversing a variety of terrains. It could spawn more inventive robot forms with ...

Programmer Mike Kohn has taken a vintage Apple IIe personal computer originally launched back in 1983 and transformed it into a programmable robot complete with wheels and 3D printed sword. The Apple ...

Luxi Huang (MSR '20) looks back on her final Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) project and shares the significance of studying a seal's whiskers. Seals and sea lions are both pinniped mammals, with ...

Makers, electronic enthusiasts and programmers searching for a way to add a little personality to their next project may be interested in a new programmable robot character called Picoh. The ...

After radically transforming the world of design and production in sectors such as automotive and aerospace, robotics is now entering the construction sector. That is why École des Ponts ParisTech, a ...