Robots are learning to do the jobs of human factory workers, bus drivers, burger flippers, butlers, and healthcare workers, among many others – and now, they may be coming for scientists as well.

Inertia has signed three agreements with the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, paving the way for the company to bring its ...

When it comes to teamwork, we could all learn something from ants. These relatively simple, small-brained animals are famous ...

Science is exciting in theory, but it can also be dreadfully dull. Some experiments require hundreds or thousands of repetitions or trials — an excellent opportunity to automate. That’s just what MIT ...

Machine-learning models can speed up the discovery of new materials by making predictions and suggesting experiments. But most models today only consider a few specific types of data or variables.

The University of Liverpool's new lab assistant works 1,000 times faster than any chemist that's come before it—it's also a robot. But this robot doesn't want to replace other humans because its ...

In crowded environments, more robots don’t always mean faster results—in fact, too many can bring everything to a standstill.

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Creating a robot to autonomously do the ...

Teradyne's strategy of diversifying into the robotics market is not paying off as it faces significant challenges. The robotics distraction also causes the company to lose market share in its core ...