Science fiction tends to project the present into the future, and so its predictions are often suspect. That’s why we’ll see people send faxes in future worlds imagined years ago, instead of beaming ...

The robot’s fins flap in response to external magnetic fields, enabling it to swim, make sharp 90-degree turns, and navigate ...

Researchers at Harvard University have just created the first autonomous, entirely soft robot: the "octobot." Developed through a combination of 3-D printing, molding, and soft lithography, the ...

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Building a robot is hard. Teaching a robot is even harder. But teaching a robot to do your teaching for you might just be within the realm of possibility. If you're building a robot to perform a ...

In a quest to give robots human-like grace even in the frozen wastes of space, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is looking at exotic gears made out of exotic materials. In a pair of papers, ...

Building electric circuits has been a science-class staple for decades. Using copper wire, a 9-volt battery and a light bulb, students learn about the flow of electricity. That classic lesson is ...

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”Short Circuit” is an obvious ”WarGames” ripoff in which a robot steals every scene from wooden performances by the always-too-eager-to-p lease Steve Guttenberg and the usually likable Ally Sheedy.