Robotics

It may be only a matter of time before urban dwellers can hail a self-driving taxi, so researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley…

Machine learning has been around for decades, but the advent of big data and more powerful computers has increased its impact significantly — ­moving…

Rolling along at a cautious pace, a robot about the size of a milk jug maps its surroundings in a toy-size city. It pauses, spins and records more…

Light-laden drones over the Super Bowl and Olympics were attractive demonstrations of the technology, but Rice University students have higher…

Archaeology and robotics don’t typically go hand in hand, but the team of researchers in Harold Dibble’s lab rely on one every day. It’s affectionately…

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) continue to pioneer new antenna measurement methods, this time for future 5G…

After the outstanding success of their AIY Projects Voice and Vision Kits, Google has announced the release of upgraded kits, complete with Raspberry Pi…

Using a machine-learning system known as a deep neural network, MIT researchers have created the first model that can replicate human performance on…

Given the success of the contest, humanoid robots seen in the movie Avatar (set to spawn a number of sequels in the years to come) may soon step out of…

Space exploration has captured our attention for over half of a century. NASA plans to propel human spaceflight beyond low-Earth orbit and continue the…