A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them ...

Cooper the STEM Robot was a favorite among our toy experts because it has a lot of functions built in: It can follow a black line, detect light and dark, sense and avoid objects, and communicate with ...

NC State engineers 3D-print paper-thin magnetic muscles that turn origami robots into moving drug-delivery machines.

Making things can return to America. I know this firsthand because I witnessed it at American Toyota plants, and it ...

Engineers are turning to animal origami, from insects that tuck away wings to a protist with an accordion-like neck, for ...

H ong-Kong-based robotics firm MangDang Technology has debuted its newest creation, an AI-powered Santa Claus robot, designed ...

Earlier this week, we shared a video showing a humanoid robot recovering at lightning speed after being kicked to the ground. Its ability to get back up again was truly remarkable and demonstrates ...

This story is part of WTOP’s Small Business September coverage. Each week, WTOP will be highlighting small businesses across the D.C. region, along with financial, government and other organizations ...

A new face is lighting up hospitals and nursing homes across the country. It’s an animated, cartoonish persona displayed on a digital screen roughly the size of an iPad, mounted on top of a robotic ...

Imagine traveling back in time to your childhood bedroom, where you wait for your best friend to call and organize a playdate. Suddenly, you hear it: The landline phone begins to ring, and you race to ...

Over the past few years, prospective homebuyers had to contend with elevated mortgage interest rates, low for-sale inventory and steep home prices. These factors have kept many would-be homebuyers on ...

The vast Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou stood as a rebuke to U.S. efforts to hem in China’s technology. But the real competition is internal, and profits are hard to find. By Andrew Higgins ...