A 301 mg soft robot jumps continuously under constant light without batteries or electronics, using snap-through buckling and self-shadowing to create an autonomous feedback loop. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...

Household robots are becoming increasingly multifunctional and automated, minimizing human intervention to the greatest extent possible. White rabbit, an AI companion robot developed by Beijing-based ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the league announced. The 11-person committee consists of six owners, ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Sensing arrays are a powerful tool for discriminating complex samples without the need ...

After exiting practice early with an injury a day ago, Baltimore Ravens All-Pro safety Kyle Hamilton missed his second consecutive training camp practice. Hamilton's injury doesn't seem to be serious, ...

A new “machine vision sensor” can adapt to extreme lighting conditions much faster than the human eye, in about 40 seconds. This development from Fuzhou University in China can potentially improve ...

Unlike birds, which navigate unknown environments with remarkable speed and agility, drones typically rely on external guidance or pre-mapped routes. However, a groundbreaking development by Professor ...

Sonair’s 3D ultrasonic sensor uses acoustic detection and ranging (ADAR) to enable 360° obstacle detection up to 5 meters. Each ADAR sensor offers a 180×180° field of view, allowing autonomous mobile ...

Cable cars are certainly handy for transporting cargo up steep mountain slopes, but what if you want to do the same sort of thing on a much smaller scale? Well, you could try using a tiny new ...

North Carolina State University (NC State) engineers have created a soft ring robot powered by infrared light that can climb an 80-degree slope and carry 12 times its weight. Made of twisted, ...