DARPA is at last ready to test fueling up satellites in faraway Earth orbits, to keep those machines working a little bit longer. DARPA's (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) long-delayed ...

Caltrans is turning to some four-legged friends to help maintain the state’s sprawling highway system. To reduce the need for human inspectors to go into potentially dangerous confined spaces, the ...

Nobody buys a pool so they can spend their weekends cleaning it. A robotic pool cleaner does the dirty work for you: it rolls along the bottom, scrubs off stuck-on grime, and filters out leaves, dirt, ...

It’s great to have a robot vacuum that can help you sweep up your floors, but as useful as they might be, they’re not designed to tackle wet messes such as spills or your dog’s muddy paw prints. A ...

A soft robotic sleeve made of silicone could help a human heart keep beating, according to a new report published Wednesday. For the millions suffering from heart failure and other cardiac issues, ...

China has a coastline of 32,000 kilometres, including islands and reefs, of which much remains uncharted. To better understand the ocean, Shanghai University has developed state-of-the-art unmanned ...