From R2-D2 to Optimus Prime, Wall-E to The Iron Giant, robots have long captured our collective imaginations. In today’s world, their influence is far less limited to fictional settings; robotics are ...

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected eight advanced robotics projects that will enable the agency’s future missions while supporting the Obama administration’s National Robotics Initiative. The projects, ...

Asa Whitney Professor of Mechanical Engineering Mark Yim has completed the second phase of a human-robot interaction research project at Penn’s ModLab. The project primarily aims to develop Quori, a ...

Robotics was the focus of a Science and Technology Challenge regional final designed to boost interest in studying STEM ...

The Master of Science in Robotics final project is where students put the skills, lessons, and ideas they've developed into practice. These faculty-guided experiences provide an opportunity for ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Over 390 million years ago, the ancestors of modern land ...

Standing amid hundreds of people in the rotunda of Chicago's iconic Museum of Science and Industry, Ritika Ghosh (MSR '23) felt her confidence building. Ghosh was teaching people of all ages about a ...

Maria Estrada's children have collectively won over $67,000 in science fair awards. Her son John's video games sparked his interest in AI, robotics, and electronics. Estrada worried about his video ...