Tiny drones could one day crawl through collapsed buildings to help find survivors after earthquakes. These micro-robots, ...

Robots flying around in space seem more like fiction than reality, but recently NASA has been testing their free-flying robots called Smart SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, ...

Researchers in Italy achieved a first flight of iRonCub3.. The robot was able to lift off the floor by approximately 50 cm while maintaining its stability. A research paper has been published in ...

Two sleek, tailless jets closed in on each other over the Black Sea, trading virtual shots at supersonic speed while no human ...

The semiconductor firm says its low-power CVflow-based SoCs are helping drones evolve from flying cameras into intelligent, ...

In 2023, we announced the X10, the first mid-size quadcopter built around AI and Skydio Autonomy expressly for the needs of those responsible for our public safety, critical infrastructure, and ...

In a demonstration that signals a new chapter in mobile robotics, researchers at the California Institute of Technology have introduced a machine that can walk like a human, take flight like a drone, ...

Autonomous free-flying robots aboard the International Space Station (ISS) frequently lose their bearings. Without gravity to distinguish up from down, even precision sensors suffer from accumulating ...

Americans know their government uses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, on military and intelligence missions from surveillance to assassination. But drones are no longer the sole domain of ...

As the war grinds on, sophisticated Russian defenses have pushed Ukraine to develop a frightening new weapon: semiautonomous ...

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest marine oil spills ever. In the aftermath of the disaster, whale scientist Iain Kerr traveled to the ...