SPIDAR, a hybrid aerial-terrestrial robot, uses vectoring rotors for agile flight and crawling across diverse terrains.

With the U.S. in the midst of the biggest solar power buildout in history, energy companies are racing to build large-scale solar firms. Cue the robots.

I asked one of the creators of the arms, Professor Masahiko Inami, to tell me more. This is a small copy of this movement. So physical computing to avoid collision. Also, it's very intuitive. It's ...

A research team from AMOLF in Amsterdam has created a soft robot that walks, hops, and swims—all without a brain, electronics, or AI. Just soft tubes, air, and some clever physics.