Most robots are designed for a specific job, and aren’t very adaptable. But engineers at Virginia Tech have now developed a soft robot that can morph into a range of shapes, such as driving, flying or ...

Scientists continue to make intriguing breakthroughs that could help reshape our lives. This time, a group of scientists managed to create a shape-shifting liquid metal that can transition between the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. If you know anything about the Metal Robot Damashii toyline, it’s ...

Who owns the title of greatest heavy metal band of all-time? Black Sabbath? AC/DC? Metallica? Led Zeppelin? No, none of those iconic groups. But don’t get too excited, Iron Maiden and Pantera fans, ...

Many people are already creeped out by quadruped robots, which walk on four legs instead of rolling on wheels or tracks. Well, the MARVEL robot likely won't do much to change such feelings, as it can ...

With no technical training (indeed, not much education at all), no external financial support, and no fancy computer-aided design, Wu Yulu manufactures his robots out of scrap metal, spare batteries, ...

Tal Avitzur is obsessed with collecting what he calls "retro junk." The California artist spends hours sifting through scrapyards to find parts for the whimsical robots he dreams up. At his Talbotics ...

BEIJING, CHINA - It may look like nothing more than a small ball of metal, but the shape-shifting and self-propulsion abilities of a liquid metal alloy discovered by scientists at China's Tsinghua ...

This 'metal-eating' robot can follow a metal path without using a computer or needing a battery. By wiring the power-supplying units to the wheels on the opposite side, the robot autonomously ...

Now that the excellent Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans finished a while back, it’s about time that we had a new toy of one of the best designs in the show, the practically demonic Gundam Barbatos Lupus ...

If there's one common aspect that ties all types of heavy metal together, it's got to be the sheer energy that it carries. Nothing else quite gets your pulse pumping, neck snapping and bowels banging ...