A small robot that can shape-shift and produce heat could incinerate cancer cells or stop bleeding from inside the body. It could also be used to ferry drugs directly to tumours or hard-to-reach ...

On Wednesday, Clone Robotics released video footage of its Protoclone humanoid robot, a full-body machine that uses synthetic muscles to create unsettlingly human-like movements. In the video, the ...

Some researchers question whether A.I. can be truly intelligent without a body to interact with and learn from the physical world. Embodied, a start-up based in Pasadena, Calif., has designed what the ...