Robotically assembled building blocks could be a more environmentally friendly method for erecting large-scale structures ...

It’s been an eerie week in robot news. Boston Dynamics, a Waltham-based company, released—quite literally—a beast of a robotic invention with animal-like features, allowing it to run at speeds of up ...

Out of all the cool-looking forms that robots can take – humanoid, dogs, fish, crocodiles, snakes, birds, or disembodied arms – a cube seems like a pretty boring choice. But MIT’s new take on the ...

Researchers at MIT have proposed a new battery alternative made from very basic materials. Blocks of cement infused with a form of carbon similar to soot could store enough energy to power whole ...

What if robots could reassemble themselves at will? The liquid metal cyborg in Terminator was terrifyingly useful. It could look like anyone, repair shotgun blasts, even turn its hand into a murderous ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aZbJS6LZbs&w=640&h=480] Looking at these reconfiguring robo-cubes, created by research scientists at MIT in the face of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

MIT researchers have unveiled a robotic construction system using lightweight, interlocking 'voxels' that can be assembled and disassembled, enabling buildings to be reused instead of demolished.

This week the former MIT student known as John Romanishin revealed a plan – and working demo units – of a modular self-assembling robot pods. These little beasts may seem the thing of nightmares when ...