WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They’re emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to ...

Robots will likely be a part of our everyday life sooner or later, and one scientist is trying to change how empathetic they ...

Fleets of robots are increasingly deployed across a variety of applications, including disaster response, infrastructure inspection, security, logistics, and healthcare. In these settings, humans ...

Overview 7 computer science courses that are structured to provide you with a deeper understanding of concepts and practical hands-on experience.A wide range of ...

Kimberly Oakes, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lecturer, right, helps Questar III STEM High School student Sarah Sweet, left, learn how to program a robotic arm on Aug. 2, 2023. Robotics is one of ...

Inspired by the human sense of touch, Youcan Yan, a CNRS postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics, and Microelectronics of Montpellier (LIRMM - CNRS/University of ...

For nearly half a century, the dream of microscopic robotics has felt tantalizingly close, yet perpetually out of reach. We have grown up on a diet of science fiction like Fantastic Voyage, imagining ...