Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to understand.

No robot can reproduce the way that algal cells, begonias, and people can. However, an automaton that’s little more than a stack of blocks has shown that it, too, can make more of its own kind.

Self-replicating robots are no longer the stuff of science fiction. Scientists at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., have created small robots that can build copies of themselves. Each robot consists ...

As technology gets smarter, so do toys. Nothing illustrates this better than the newly-released Robo Wunderkind — a modular kit comprised of tech-filled cubes that teach kids STEM skills while they ...

When it comes to teamwork, we could all learn something from ants. These relatively simple, small-brained animals are famous ...

The vision of robots as true partners in our daily work has remained just that—a vision. While we've seen an explosion of ...