How do you stop robotic traffic jams? Researchers found that adding "noise" or randomness to robot paths optimizes swarm efficiency, proving that swarms don't need central AI to avoid gridlock.

Picture a futuristic swarm of robots deployed on a time-sensitive task, like cleaning up an oil spill or assembling a machine ...

Picture a futuristic swarm of robots deployed on a time-sensitive task, like cleaning up an oil spill or assembling a machine. At first, adding robots ...

In a recent webinar organized by the National Academy of Engineering in connection with its forthcoming Fall 2025 Bridge issue, Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, Oak Ridge National Laboratory–University of ...

As humanoid robots enter the real world, new studies suggest that people project human racial biases onto them—but the ...

VIVIX, a San Francisco-based studio composed of artists who have worked across games and film like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Control, Dead Space, and Netflix’s Love, Death & ...

From birds flying in formation to students working on a group project, the functioning of a group requires not only ...

Your old GoPro doesn't have to sit in a drawer after an upgrade. It can still be useful for a few tasks that can help out in daily life and travel.

New research shows robotic materials can learn and adapt without software, storing behavior directly in their structure.

Dustin Moskovitz was there at the beginning of the last tech revolution. In 2004, he, Mark Zuckerberg and three other ...

But it has proved in the past decade that it can be an innovation powerhouse. China is now far ahead of the United States in manufacturing and deploying advanced technologies such as electric vehicles ...

For math, chalk is very effective for a number of reasons,” said Duke Professor of Mathematics Ezra Miller. Miller said using chalk forces him to be deliberate about what – and in what order – he ...