In a quiet South Carolina town where factory shifts once set the rhythm of daily life, a new kind of ...

We’re far from realizing the kind of nanomachines envisioned in media like “The Diamond Age” and Metal Gear Solid, but scientists have just taken a meaningful step towards the next best thing. A team ...

Amazon has reportedly acquired Rivr, a robotics startup focused on small, street-ready delivery machines, in a move that signals the ...

CES 2026 is already behind us, but it's easy to miss some of the coolest announcements at a trade show as giant as this one. This year, I saw new technology, iPhone accessories, AI-enabled devices, ...

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few ...

Small delivery robots that use pedestrian areas are spreading on college campuses, with Serve Robotics introducing the latest models with improved sensor and computing power. The industry is now ...

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.

For a long time, robots were the stuff of sci-fi movies, but not anymore. We have them rolling, spinning, skimming, and scooping as part of our everyday lives. The best part? They're everywhere, ...

What if the future of industrial automation could fit in the palm of your hand? Imagine a robot arm so compact it could rest on your desk, yet so precise it operates with sub-micrometer accuracy, a ...

Usually, I start off these annual highlights posts by saying that it was the best year ever for robotics. But this year, I’m not so sure. At the end of 2024, it really seemed like AI and humanoid ...