Cornell University physics researchers have made robots that can, for the first time, sense the temperature of their ...

If you're releasing a robot into the aquatic environment with no intention of retrieving it, that bot had better be biodegradable. Swiss scientists have gone a step better than that, with li'l robots ...

In the natural world, organisms and their environments are locked in a constant conversation. Termites build nests that alter airflow and humidity, which in turn changes how the termites behave.

Scientists have called on robots to be repurposed rather than recycled. This measure is to combat the rising scale of e-waste. Instead, the robotics industry should be creating robots that could be ...

The 400 refuse trucks that roll into Caglia Environmental’s Cedar Avenue Recycling and Transfer Station (CARTS) in Fresno, California, six days a week bring all manner of material. Crushed boxes, ...

A robot meant to inspect a coastline, a flooded street or a wetland can't count on one kind of ground. It might need to crawl ...