Humanoid robots now have their own "Olympic Games." In quotes, naturally, as it's a competition not recognized by the Olympic organizing committee. Officially, it's the World Humanoid Robot ...

Scientists have created a prototype robot that can grow, heal and improve itself by integrating material from its environment or by "consuming" other robots. It's a big step forward in developing ...

Researchers introduce a process that allows machines to 'grow' physically by integrating parts from their surroundings or from other robots, demonstrating a step towards self-sustaining robot ...

A research team from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, along with collaborators from Columbia University and UT ...

Described in a new study published in Science Advances, this new process, called "Robot Metabolism," enables machines to absorb and reuse parts from other robots or their surroundings.

China is developing “pregnancy robots” with artificial wombs that could soon carry and deliver human babies. The breakthrough ...

Chinese researchers are pioneering "pregnancy robots," humanoid machines housing artificial wombs, potentially ...

There is some way to go before self-reproducing robots can exist in the real world. But for artificial-life researchers there are aspects of the present study that satisfyingly resonate with the ...

Scientists explore the concept of "robot metabolism" with a weird machine that can integrate material from other robots so it ...