A tiny robot no bigger than a baseball has quietly rewritten the rules of moon exploration. In January 2024, Japan's space agency JAXA successfully deployed a transforming rover named SORA-Q onto the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hobbyist has created a vehicle that morphs between tank and quadcopter modes at the press of a button. Michael Rechtin's vehicle ...

Engineers have developed a real-life Transformer that has the 'brains' to morph in midair, allowing the drone-like robot to smoothly roll away and begin its ground operations without pause. The ...

Japanese engineers have unveiled a robot that transforms into a car and can actually carry people. The 12.1-foot J-deite RIDE can transform into a sports car in approximately one minute. Developers ...

A tiny robot developed by Japan's space agency operated autonomously on the moon for more than 100 minutes and sent a series of images back to Earth. Exploring the moon’s surface lays crucial ...

In a study published in Robot Learning journal, researchers propose a new learning-based path planning framework that allows mobile robots to navigate safely and efficiently using a Transformer model.

Robots with increasingly precise dexterity are becoming essential in everyday life and industrial settings, from assembling tiny smartphone components to assisting doctors in surgery. However, ...