These days, robots with varying degrees of impressiveness can manage all kinds of tasks. But two diminutive humanoids seen ...

Made up of small, disk-shaped autonomous robots resembling hockey pucks, the collective is designed to self-assemble into different shapes, adapting its material properties as needed.

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists have made a walking, jumping robot that pushes ...