Digging on the Moon is a hard job for a robot. It has to be able to collect and move lunar soil, or regolith, but anything launching to the Moon needs to be lightweight. The problem is excavators rely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing a new self-propelled robotic sleeve inspired by the earthworm.

Formless 'slime' robots that shape-change to complete complex tasks – it sounds like science fantasy. However, MIT researchers have developed a machine-learning technique that brings shape-changing ...

Foraging pangolins already dig in the dirt, so why not get them planting trees while they're at it? Well, training them would be pretty hard, which is why a California high school student named ...

More than 1,000 youth, coaches, families and volunteers filled the Cook Pavilion and Coliseum for the 17th annual championship, led by Nebraska 4‑H, part of Nebraska Extension. The event featured ...

A recent conference explored how robotics and AI can help transform one of the world’s oldest – and most important industries: farming. But how easy is it in the real world? Agricultural technology – ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing a new self-propelled robotic sleeve inspired by the earthworm.