Metamaterials are composites with a very precisely controlled structure. It is this structure that determines the properties of the metamaterial, not the substances it is made of. Typically, a ...

Engineers at MIT have developed a process for 3D printing construction-grade structural elements using recycled plastic ...

The table shows the pin configuration of the Arduino UNO–based robotic arm. The red (VCC) wires of all servos are connected ...

Compared to robots, human bodies are flexible, capable of fine movements, and can convert energy efficiently into movement. Drawing inspiration from human gait, researchers from Japan crafted a ...

After years of testing its humanoid robot (and forcing it to dance), Boston Dynamics' Atlas is entering production. The robotics company said at CES 2026 that the final product version of the robot is ...

In 2021, 60 Minutes visited the offices of robotics company Boston Dynamics and met an early model of its humanoid robot, Atlas. It could run, jump and maintain its balance when pushed. But it was ...

If you start watching Mr. Robot on Netflix at exactly 11:48:06 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, you can hear Rami Malek say “Fuck society” in the pilot episode just as 2025 comes to an end. This feels like a ...

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What we know so far: LG is preparing to showcase its most advanced household robot yet next month at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, introducing a new model called CLOiD that the company says can handle a ...

Foundation’s Phantom robot might be built to fight and die, and Figure’s 03 humanoid robot is probably the smoothest, most agile robot I’ve seen in running, turning, and moving, but EngineAI’s T800 – ...

In the future, a caregiving machine might gently lift an elderly person out of bed in the morning and help them get dressed. A cleaning bot could trundle through a child’s room, picking up scattered ...

When Xpeng unveiled its Next Gen Iron humanoid recently, the robot glided across the stage with movement so fluid that the crowd froze. Many viewers thought they saw an actor in a suit. Clips spread ...