Formless 'slime' robots that shape-change to complete complex tasks – it sounds like science fantasy. However, MIT researchers have developed a machine-learning technique that brings shape-changing ...

Digging on the Moon is a hard job for a robot. It has to be able to collect and move lunar soil, or regolith, but anything launching to the Moon needs to be lightweight. The problem is excavators rely ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing a new self-propelled robotic sleeve inspired by the earthworm. Earthworms move by contracting body segments in a wave-like motion, which ...

Usually well known for what they add to chowder or linguine, the clam is now inspiring robotics research. Scientists at MIT are studying the digging capabilities of the razor clam to figure out how to ...

A recent conference explored how robotics and AI can help transform one of the world’s oldest – and most important industries: farming. But how easy is it in the real world? Agricultural technology – ...

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