Augusto Rasino, the manager at Cafecito, serves customers from 1-C-2, "Juancito", a robot that carries plates to and from customers at the Santa Fe restaurant. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) ...

Human Touch: Scientist Maja Mataric. Robots don’t have feelings, but they might be able to help with yours. That’s the thesis of Pasadena’s Embodied Inc., a startup co-founded by USC computer science ...

Nature has perfected the art of landing. From delicate flies to buzzing bees, insects navigate complex aerial maneuvers and touchdown with high precision. But for human-made flying robots, especially ...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and TU Dresden are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by biology. Of ...