Robots are everywhere in our imaginations—helping older adults at home, stocking warehouses, cleaning offices, and taking on dangerous jobs that humans shouldn’t have to do. Yet outside of factories ...

The increasing number of strokes and subsequent rehabilitation has highlighted the growing need for effective care strategies. Serious side effects, such as motor paralysis, can be challenging to mend ...

For centuries, people tried to build ornithopters that flapped like birds, but none became a practical path to human flight.

Engineers attempting to build microscopic robots face a strict physical trade-off: as mechanical devices shrink, their ...

Engineers have long tried to build artificial muscles that work like the ones in the human body—strong, flexible, fast, and ...