It all started when Howard got an outdated food delivery robot from a friend and decided to turn into a piano-playing puppet. "Once you start talking about having a piano that can drive itself ...

Scientists at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed a new lightweight metamaterial that mimics the functionality of push puppets ... intelligence into robots and other devices ...

A robot can design, build and test objects made from folded paper, such as planes or grippers, better than a human if given the same number of attempts. Robotic laboratories can test and design ...

The robot, which currently doesn’t have much ... The wheeled base is controlled remotely and manually, while the puppet’s performance — from the hand and head movements to the big disco ...