Modular design is rapidly becoming the key to cost-effective automation, especially in sectors where demand variability and ...

In a step forward for soft robotics and biomedical devices, Rice University engineers have uncovered a powerful new way to ...

Today's robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their ...

In a world first, an AI-powered robot performed delicate surgery without any assistance from human hands. The robot learned ...

To pursue an entry-level position in robotics engineering, you usually need a bachelor’s degree in an engineering field like robotics, mechanical, electrical or computer engineering.

In work led by Johns Hopkins researchers, the robot performed unflappably across trials and with the expertise of a skilled ...

Researchers introduce a process that allows machines to 'grow' physically by integrating parts from their surroundings or from other robots, demonstrating a step towards self-sustaining robot ...

Sometimes, animal-inspired robots still look like, well, robots. In the lab of Kathryn Daltorio, PhD (CWR '05; GRS '07, '13, mechanical engineering), assistant professor of mechanical engineering, ...

What Do Mechanical Engineers Do? Mechanical engineers design machines and other solutions to solve mechanical problems and challenges. They often create machines such as engines or HVAC systems and ...

Within its new Responsible Innovation initiative, researchers at Penn Engineering discovered that certain features of AI-governed robots carry security vulnerabilities and weaknesses that were ...

BYU engineers developed Baloo, a humanoid robot that can lift heavy objects. Baloo's flexible structure allows safe human collaboration, useful in construction and disaster relief.

Engineers at EPFL have developed a programmable foam lattice that blends softness and rigidity across a robot’s body. Inspired by the musculoskeletal system of animals, the new design enables robots ...