7 July 2023
Retinal vein occlusion affects more than 16 million people worldwide and can eventually lead to blindness, but treating it is challenging due to the small size of the veins involved – and now a robot could help
23 June 2023
A soft, tubular robot can bend, twist, expand and contract when exposed to different intensities of light
11 June 2023
A vegetable-growing trial has pitted expert human gardeners against an AI-powered robot – both produced comparable crops, but the robot used about 40 per cent less water
8 June 2023
Rise of the robotic avatar: Meet the chess-playing robot, security androids and fusion reactor robotics at the cutting edge of avatar technology
6 June 2023
New Scientist's Alex Wilkins finds out what it's like to become a robotic security guard. Could human android operators become standard in the near future?
18 May 2023
In tests with a rat, the e-skin patch conveyed touch and pressure signals to the brain, prompting the animal to move its muscles
10 May 2023
Robots that magnetically attach to the ceiling can rearrange living and working spaces by controlling different objects
4 May 2023
A series of centipede-inspired robots with different numbers of legs show that the more legs a robot has, the better it is at moving across unpredictable ground
27 April 2023
A four-legged robot has been designed to imitate the bouncing and lunging motion of a seal on land, but struggles to turn while moving forwards
26 April 2023
A capsule that electrically stimulates stomach cells has been tested in pigs, and could one day help treat nausea, vomiting and lack of appetite in people
