In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers demonstrate that functional nervous systems can form within self-organized living 'neurobots'.

Developmental biologists at Tufts University in Massachusetts have produced what they call “neurobots”, small clumps of cells ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A brand-new engineering approach at Carnegie Mellon University is creating “designer” biological robots using human lung cells.

Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Tufts University have engineered tiny living constructs from frog embryo cells that spontaneously develop functional nervous systems, a ...

In a major step toward more adaptable and intuitive machines, Kempner Institute Investigator Yilun Du and his collaborators have unveiled a new kind of artificial intelligence system that lets robots ...

Robots that look and move like people are no longer just science experiments or movie props. Some are already showing up in real jobs working in stores, helping in warehouses, or doing chores at home.

Scientists in Japan have made a robot face covered in living, self-healing skin that can smile in a demonstration of a new technique researchers believe could help pave the way for lifelike biohybrid ...

Magnetic soft robots deliver and release tens of millions of probiotic bacteria with timed control, disrupt tumor spheroids in vitro, and demonstrate a potential strategy for targeted cancer treatment ...

NUS researchers have developed a platform that lets lab-grown muscle tissues train themselves to record-breaking strength, ...