The climbing robot LEMUR rests after scaling a cliff in Death Valley, California. The robot uses special gripping technology that has helped lead to a series of new, off-roading robots that can ...

The robot vacuum is not a new tech gadget, it’s been around for a fair amount of time. But the technology that goes into a robot vacuum has evolved and gotten better over the years. Innovations in ...

Liz Metzger (MSR ‘23) began her independent project in Northwestern Engineering's Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) program with nothing but an idea. By the end of the 10-week challenge, she created ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. While the Curiosity rover is adept, it can't climb walls or scale the polar caps on Mars. To push ...

Combining, among other things, suction cups and shower hoses, robotics researchers have created a flexible-bodied wall-climbing robot said to be inspired by one of nature's congenital suckers: the ...

I’ve never been able to quite figure out why I hate snakes, but my disdain of slithering serpents extends to the robot variety as well. I’m sure part of it comes from the way they wriggle and writhe ...