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When I, Robot (now streaming on Peacock!) came out almost two decades ago, the year 2035 still felt like a far-off future filled with possibilities both wonderful and terrifying. Now, not so much ...
If a robot is going to excel at traversing multiple types of terrain, it shouldn't have an unadaptable "Jack of all trades, master of none" body shape. That's where the GOAT robot comes in, as it ...
Researchers have created a new class of robots that can shift between solid and liquid forms on demand. In a series of tests, these new bots could move and change shape to run obstacle courses ...
While reminiscent of the shape-shifting T-1000 robot from Terminator 2, researchers emphasize this is only a first step toward adaptive materials previously seen only in science fiction.
Imagine a robot that can wedge itself through the cracks in rubble to search for survivors trapped in the wreckage of a collapsed building. Engineers at CU Boulder are working toward to that goal ...
This Shape-Shifting Robot Can Liquefy Itself and Reform The technology could one day assemble and repair hard-to-reach circuits, act as a universal screw or retrieve foreign objects from a body ...
Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson introduces you to HERO-BLUE, a biomimetic, multimodal locomotion robot poised to transform underwater exploration and maintenance.
British inventor James Bruton has built what most of us wildly dreamed of in childhood – a transformer robot that you can actually ride. The robot is a functional, shape-shifting vehicle that ...
Mori3: A polygon shape-shifting robot for space travel Date: June 12, 2023 Source: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Summary: By combining inspiration from the digital world of polygon ...
A shape-shifting robot swarm could be key to helping astronauts more easily move things across the lunar surface during future missions.
Coming to a tight spot near you: CLARI, the little, squishable robot that can passively change its shape to squeeze through narrow gaps - with a bit of inspiration from the world of bugs.
Tech News Terminator’s Shape-Shifting Liquid Metal Robots Are Finally Here, But John Connor Is Completely Safe Researchers were actually inspired by sea cucumbers, not a James Cameron blockbuster.