The Robotics Collection

Using the central nervous system as inspiration, researchers from Université Libre de Bruxelles have developed a hybrid approach to programming self-organizing groups of robots.

MobiPrint—a mobile 3D printer—can produce custom designs directly where needed to help users with accessibility or to add an extra bit of fun to any living space.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new kind of exoskeleton to better support lifting and carrying.

Cornell research team developed a snail-inspired aquatic robot that could one day rid oceans and lakes of microplastics.

Robots may soon be able to not only detect when their legs are tangled, but also figure out how to get themselves free.

Bio-inspired robotic insects abound, but they’re usually mere approximations that borrow a concept or two from nature. Now there’s a robotic fruit fly with realistic legs, feet, and sensors.

Researchers have developed a robot that uses algorithms and a camera to locate items in a house. This capability would be especially helpful for people with dementia who often lose important items.

UPenn researchers working with nanoparticles developed microrobots that form bristels to brush teeth without help.

Using heat sent via nanowires embedded in a layer of polymer, this soft robot may eventually be used in search and rescue missions. It travels like a caterpillar, advancing forward and backward.

Robots that don’t do what users want them to do have to go back to the shop for re-programming. But now there’s an algorithm that lets robots and non-roboticists communicate.

A new robot for knee replacement is roughly the size of the tools surgeons already use, making pin placement precise and adoption a cinch.

With a focus on using machine leaning to optimize a robot’s gait, Oregon State University engineers set a Guinness World Record by a bipedal machine completing a 100-meter dash.

Roboticists at EPFL elicited and built a robot whose every part was dictated by ChatGPT.