One solution, Molengraft thinks, might lie in “lazy robotics,” a cheeky term to describe machines doing less and taking shortcuts — in other words, behaving more like human beings. He and his students ...

Robots have been trained to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, even learning to correct their own mistakes during surgeries.

Robots are stepping out. Once relegated to factories and warehouses, next-generation robots are popping up in public ...

From solar energy beamed from space to genetic brain maps and live self-repairing bridges, research in 2025 is promising. And ...