As I write this, four astronauts are on their way around the moon for the first time in 50 years. A lot us have asked ...

Parikshit Maini, standing at left, poses with students in the Systems and Algorithms for Robot Autonomy Lab, several of whom ...

DNA robots are emerging as tiny programmable machines that could one day deliver drugs, hunt viruses, and build ...

Below the waves off Germany's northern tourist beaches, a toxic time bomb lurks on the Baltic Sea floor -- enormous quantities of World War II munitions that are slowly rusting away. Scientists warn ...

Walking on the Moon by 2030, building a lunar base, and then perhaps on to Mars: after 30 years of honing its expertise, ...

A group of talented and dedicated kids – a mixture of homeschooled, private and public school students – have pooled together ...

In all honesty, a robot plumber might be better than a real plumber. It could be programmed to show up on time, take off its shoes in your apartment, charge only what’s fair and necessary, and not ...

A Chinese laboratory has reportedly demonstrated the control of a humanoid robot via space-based computing. The experiment was conducted by GuoXing Aerospace Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong ...

Abstract: While soft robots offer advantages in adaptability and safe interaction, their modeling remains challenging. This letter presents a novel, data-driven approach for model order reduction of ...

What’s the difference between a Roomba and “The Jetsons” robot maid, Rosie? It’s not a joke, it’s a challenge University of Maryland doctoral student Seungjae “Jay” Lee is tackling in hopes of ...