WVU Statler College program assistant Annie Harmon is turning Sphero robots and Lego bricks into hands-on lessons that help ...

Bees, ants and termites don't need blueprints. They may have queens, but none of these species breed architects or construction managers. Each insect worker, or drone, simply responds to cues like ...

Engineers have developed a robotic system that aims to help people with mobility impairments and face difficulty in doing routine work, such as cutting and chopping vegetables," Virginia Tech reported ...

A lot of the stuff we use today is largely made by robots—arms with multiple degrees of freedom positioned along conveyor belts that move in a spectacle of precisely synchronized motions. All this ...

Given all of the attention it’s been getting recently, robotics may seem like a brand-new industry. But two of the firms on our list have been around for decades—and one is a conglomerate of companies ...

When people ask “will robots will take my job,” they often picture automation replacing human workers. But the real question isn’t whether robots will take jobs—it’s how they will change the way work ...

Set a robot loose in a kitchen or backyard and safety concerns emerge—especially if it is handling a sharp knife, boiling water, or using power tools around kids, pets, and bystanders. While slick ...