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 University's ...

Robots are starting to flinch. New generations of electronic skin can register heat, pressure and even damaging force, then ...

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The plan is to develop a cost-effective, energy-efficient technology for making innovative plastics based on polybutylene ...

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...

Sharpa's newly unveiled full-body humanoid robot North built a paper windmill, dealt cards, and clicked pictures with human-like dexterity.

When people are dropped into the most dangerous of conditions – as when disaster strikes, or during exploration of another ...

98% of megaprojects face cost overruns or delays, costing the U.S. construction industry $280 billion annually. On the latest Disruption Interruption episode, Olfa Hamdi, CEO of Concord Project ...

A nuclear production facility in Washington state, called the Hanford site, once forged the plutonium that reshaped the world. Now it’s forging glass; a quiet act of undoing at one of Earth’s most ...

Wrapping awkwardly shaped Christmas presents is always a headache, but here's the formula for perfect gift wrap. You've carefully chosen the presents. You have scissors, tape and even some rolls of ...

If one day I’m to be rescued while backcountry skiing or running whitewater, I have a dreamlike vision of the scenario. Tall, handsome, kind-eyed firefighters save my life with the sun glimmering from ...