Soft actuation remains the key bottleneck in creating soft robots with flexible deformation and agile locomotion similar to nature creatures. Despite extensive efforts, it remains performance ...

Abstract: Piezoelectric inertial actuators (PIAs) enable cross-scale motion ranging from nanometers to millimeters with simple and compact structures. However, friction and wear issues limit their ...

Abstract: Programmable manipulation of fluid-based soft robots has recently attracted considerable attention. Achieving parallel control of large-scale ferrofluid droplet robots (FDRs) is still one of ...

Roborock's Saros Rover rightfully earned our Best of CES award, as I saw it successfully dodge obstacles, clean and even dance. Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a reporter, ...

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After years of testing its humanoid robot (and forcing it to dance), Boston Dynamics' Atlas is entering production. The robotics company said at CES 2026 that the final product version of the robot is ...

Designed for seniors with dementia, the Tombot Jennie is the most realistic robot pet I've ever seen. It even helped comfort me with missing my real dog back at home. I'm PCMag's managing editor for ...

Netflix just let go of one of its most acclaimed series. “Mr. Robot,” the psychological techno-thriller, departed the streamer on January 3rd, 2026. All four seasons of the show, which ran from 2015 ...

Last year at CES, Dreame showed off a robot vacuum prototype with a mechanical arm. But while we were able to see the arm extend and retract, we didn’t see the device, which was described as a ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Who needs humanoids when your vacuum can sprout legs? The Rover uses articulating wheels to clean multiple floors ...

Robotics companies have converted the pages of science fiction books into real life, as artificial intelligence-powered humanoid machines are in the early stages of development. The industry is ...