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a white driverless car drives in front of a large state capitol building

Radio waves could help driverless cars see around corners

By Mack DeGeurin

A portrait of two brothers, Nico and Matteo Mucchetti, posing with their homemade, full-sized replica of a purple ride vehicle from Disney's "Big Hero 6" attraction. The younger brother sits inside the purple wooden structure, which is detailed with orange accents and a string of LED lights along the edge, while the older brother leans over the back. They are positioned in a dimly lit room, creating a dramatic spotlight effect on them and their project.

Teen brothers build a Disney-inspired ride in family basement

By Laura Kiniry

man standing under drone umbrella in the rain

We may not have flying cars, but we have flying umbrellas

a stingray swimming in clear blue water

Stingray-inspired robot cracks the mystery of how rays swim

By Mack DeGeurin

a black robot shaped like a human hand

This robot hand can detach from its arm and crawl around

By Mack DeGeurin

a bat flying through the night

A robot bat sheds new light on how they hunt in darkness

By Mack DeGeurin

A humanoid robot is carried by technicians after being knocked out in a kickboxing match at the World Humanoid Robot Games on August 15, 2025 in Beijing, China.

2025 proved humanoid robots are here to stay. And fall down.

By Mack DeGeurin

a robot floating

Lost in space: How ’digital twins’ saved NASA’s robots

A salt grain-sized microrobot on a human finger to illustrate size

Dancing robot is the size of a grain of salt

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander. This rendering does not have the new LightPort, but it will sit atop the lander in future models.

Wireless power grids head to the moon

By Mack DeGeurin

Tumbleweed inspired robot next to actual tumbleweed

Tumbleweeds inspire this rolling, resilient robot

Denman Glacier in Antarctica

Underwater robot survives voyage to ‘never-accessed region of the planet’

a robot dog with elon musk's face

Robot dog with Elon Musk’s head poops out AI generated art

By Mack DeGeurin

Microrobot capsule on tip of finger close up

These tiny robots swim through your blood to fight strokes

a teenage boy holds a robotic hand made out of legosUniversity of Bristol/Jared Lepora

Teen designs and builds a robotic hand with only LEGOs

By Margherita Bassi

R2-D2 is seen with Star Wars BDX Droids backstage during Star Wars Celebration Japan on April 19, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.

Bird or droid? Starlings nail R2-D2 beeps and boops.

By Mack DeGeurin

atlas robot holding up its three-digit hands

Robot hands are becoming more human

By Mack DeGeurin

Research team lowering Redwing submersible into ocean from a boat

Self-piloting submarine set to begin historic mission to circle Earth’s oceans

Video still of bipedal robot doing cartwheel in lab

This humanoid robot can cartwheel surprisingly well

TORONTO, ON - MAY 28: .Norval Morrisseau work on display at the Kinsman Robinson gallery in Yorkville FOR GODDARD story on one of Canada's most mysterious and tragic artists. Photographed at the Delta Chelsea in Toronto on Friday

Startup uses AI to fight art forgeries—with hyper-realistic copies

By Mack DeGeurin