A scientist used a mathematical model to demonstrate that bacteria can control the behavior of an inanimate device like a robot.

MIT roboticists debate the future of robotics August 28, 2025 by Mai Tao By Rachel Gordon , MIT CSAIL <strong ...

Despite decades of progress, most robots are still programmed for specific, repetitive tasks. They struggle with the unexpected and can't adapt to new situations without painstaking reprogramming. But ...

For decades, though, no such thing existed. Computers were as clueless as their robot cousins. Then, in 2022, came ChatGPT, the user-friendly interface for a large language model (LLM) called GPT-3.

In a small, cluttered lab at Chinese robotics startup Galaxea AI, a young employee toggles a switch to direct a base-mounted ...

Medical robots today are pretty dumb, typically acting as extensions of a surgeon's hands rather than taking over for them.

The robot can understand natural language commands, remember what it learned, and reuse instructions for similar tasks down the line.

Researchers from Columbia University have successfully developed an autonomous robot arm capable of learning new motions and adapting to damage simply by watching itself move. The robot observed a ...