Cable cars are certainly handy for transporting cargo up steep mountain slopes, but what if you want to do the same sort of thing on a much smaller scale? Well, you could try using a tiny new ...

Robotic vehicles can optimize the flow of traffic in cities even when mixed in with vehicles driven by humans, thereby improving traffic efficiency, safety, and energy consumption, my colleagues and I ...

Engineers at MIT have added a new ability to existing flying robots – they can now glow when they flap their wings. Inspired by fireflies, this fluorescence could help with communication or tracking ...

If you’re not quite ready for a robovac, you might want to ease into home robotics with a cyborg light switch. The SwitchBot Smart Switch Button Pusher is one of those ‘internet famous’ gadgets that ...

The Portland Winter Light Festival is a city-wide event that illuminates what is often the darkest month of the year with art installations that can truly be called “lit.” The Willamette Light Brigade ...

A new undertaking from space technology company Maxar will use mirrors to autonomously track and reflect sunlight to supply energy to solar-powered equipment operating in the shadows of the moon's ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has unveiled a rare nighttime view of Mars, utilizing its robotic arm's LED lights to illuminate a ...

The team found that the walls of the drill hole were smooth enough to allow another attempt to see the underlying layers.