The robot, equipped with a solar panel -- like energy harvester and four wheels, is about the size of a penny, weighs as much as a raisin and can move about the length of a bus in an hour on a cloudy ...

BEAM robotics, which stands for Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, and Mechanics, is an ethos that focuses on building robots with simple analog circuits. [NanoRobotGeek] built a great example of the ...

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Fireflies that light up dusky backyards on warm summer evenings use their luminescence for communication — to attract a mate, ward off predators, or lure prey. These glimmering bugs also sparked the ...

The 10,000 Pa HyperForce suction system is an enormous breakthrough in cleaning capabilities: This unit of measurement expresses the level of suction pressure produced by the vacuum cleaner and by ...

Soon, a flexible octopus-like robot could be completely free of wires or internal electronics. Engineers at Rice University have unveiled a new soft robotic arm controlled by laser beams.

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has granted Xenex Disinfection Services, Inc. (“Xenex”) De Novo authorization for the company’s LightStrike TM + device, a ...

A team of researchers at the University of Washington has unveiled MilliMobile, a tiny self-driving robot that relies solely on ambient light or radio waves for power. This robot is equipped with a ...

Music, fashion, and star power collide as Robot Boii, Kamo Mphela, Ayanda MVP and DJ Oara turn Johannesburg into a night of ...