Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined ...

Each unit has multiple points to which another unit can attach itself: 18 of them, to be precise, which means that just two ...

You probably picture robots as clodhoppers: ponderous, clunky, even doddery droids that need caffeine, badly. But robots are on the brink of making giant strides. Just ask Columbia University ...

While we've seen a number of quadruped "robotic dogs" lately, they all require control motors to maintain their running gait. An experimental new one, however, keeps running on its own once it's been ...