The machines are built from autonomous modules that can be snapped together in a variety of forms ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have created a new kind of robot that can adapt, recover from damage, and keep moving even after being broken apart. The machines, called “legged metamachines,” ...

The next step is to build a sleeker model that’s easier to manipulate, scientist say.

Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined and recombined in the wild, recover from injury and keep moving no matter ...

A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the edge ...

For a couple of years now, as AI’s uncanny capabilities have exploded, people on both sides of the debate (proponents versus detractors) have been waiting for humanoid robot dexterity to evolve, in ...

Intuitive Surgical’s ISRG third-quarter 2025 commentary underscored that da Vinci 5 is not merely a hardware refresh, but a platform intentionally built with a far more powerful digital backbone.