Ordinarily, when there's a leak in an underground natural gas pipeline, the affected section of pipe has to be excavated and replaced. Soon, however, a pipe-inspecting and -repairing modular robot may ...

"There will be a day when couriers are basically no longer needed," said Richard Liu Qiangong, who unveiled the "Nirvana ...

In a groundbreaking development, researchers have unveiled the impressive capabilities of the Aloha Unleashed project. This project, spearheaded by Stanford Ph.D. student Tony Z. Zhao and assistant ...

Today's robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their environment. Now, scientists at Columbia University have developed robots ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kyoto-based Tmsuk Corporation (Tmsuk) has announced the development of a new legged pipe inspection robot called "SPD-X." The new ...

JD.com founder Richard Liu said robots will take over manual delivery work, but humans will be needed to maintain and ...

If you drive to work every day, odds are there's a pothole along your commute that's been irking you for months or even years. If road workers can't get around to fixing it, maybe robots will.