ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. military researchers are approaching industry to find ways of integrating synthetic and biological components to design bio-hybrid robots that outperform traditional robots.

BALTIMORE, Md. – In looking for creative inspiration, engineering student Qiyuan Fu finds it in a box, with an interesting occupant. Inside: a real, live snake. “We can definitely learn something from ...

The bio-robot goes under the less-than-flattering acronym of NERD. This stands for “Nano-Electro-Robotic Device.” Essentially the device is a bacterial spore. To the spore, scientists have affixed ...

If you put a robot vacuum in a living room, it will meticulously map the baseboards. Move a single armchair, however, and the machine may spin in confused circles, trapped by its own digital blueprint ...

In the middle of the night, when stumbling into the kitchen for a glass of water, I rely on touch. Even in the dark, my fingers can feel the handrails—alerting me to a flight of stairs—the walls, the ...