Dependence on robots was also seen as a bad idea. The threat was that humans wouldn’t be able to function without them. Automation in general was and is still seen as a weakness in human survival ...

In a study, scientists Michael Panzirsch, Aaron Pereira and Harsimran Singh explain the Institute's contribution to a space experiment in the renowned Science Robotics Journal. The scientific ...

A Vietnamese doctor and his colleague check X-rays of a drug-resistant tuberculosis patient at the National Lung Hospital in Hanoi - Copyright AFP Brendan SMIALOWSKI ...

New research led by Imperial College London and co-authored by the University of Bristol, has revealed that aerial robotics could provide wide-ranging benefits to the safety, sustainability and scale ...

Researchers are developing robots that can learn from previous work Engineers have developed a robotic system that can evolve and improve its performance. A robot arm builds "babies" that get ...

The idea of life-like robots that can make decisions for themselves might sound like a plot from an episode of Black Mirror. But human-like robots are one step closer to becoming reality, according to ...

Scientists inspired by the octopus’s nervous system have developed a robot that can decide how to move or grip objects by sensing its environment. The team from the University of Bristol’s Faculty of ...