Though clearly inspired by the snake, a new soft robot out of Harvard takes cues from another fascinating source: the ancient Japanese paper craft kirigami. Unlike origami, kirigami uses cuts rather ...

For the past 10 years, Tara Heilman has kept a planner detailing every hour of her waking day. If you allow for eight hours of sleep each night, which, let’s be honest, is a dream scenario, that’s ...

San Jose >> The tiny, homemade robot teetered on the edge of the table, threatening to crash to the floor and render months of work wasted. Its seventh- and eighth-grade creators watched in horror.

At Balboa Park’s annual do-it-yourself festival there was everything from beer making to robots. For its fourth year, the Maker Faire took over much of the park with participants viewing different ...

Cocktails may never be the same again. Robot can handle up to 15 bottles of booze and mixers and can dispense precision cocktails in less than 10 seconds. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...

Georgia Tech's Mason Bretan has built a robot that can not only play music, but is now learning how to compose its own tunes. Shimon is a four-armed, marimba-playing droid that draws upon its vast ...