This week's report shows how robotics is evolving beyond isolated cells into integrated, intelligent manufacturing systems.

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him ...

EPFL roboticists have shown that when a modular robot shares power, sensing, and communication resources among its individual units, it is significantly more resistant to failure than traditional ...

Few voices in artificial intelligence carry as much weight as Rodney Brooks. As a co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics, ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

We’re far from realizing the kind of nanomachines envisioned in media like “The Diamond Age” and Metal Gear Solid, but scientists have just taken a meaningful step towards the next best thing. A team ...

Through demonstrations, presentations, and networking opportunities, Robotics Day showcases Purdue’s cutting-edge research and industry partnerships driving advancements in automation, artificial ...

On February 27, high school engineers will take over the Brain Gym with a public demo—inviting kids to drive their 18-by-18 robot.

A breakthrough in medical technology could soon change how sinus infections are treated. Scientists have created micro-robots for sinus infection treatment that can enter the nasal cavity, eliminate ...

Purdue University’s Colleges of Science, Engineering, and Agriculture—together with the Purdue Office of Industry Partnerships and Purdue Polytechnic Institute—proudly present Robotics Day, a ...