After three months of testing Roborock's ambitious Saros Z70, its headline-grabbing robotic arm is still just a proof of concept. Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a reporter, ...

An egg-cracking beam relies on a hyperelastic torque reversal mechanism similar to that used by mantis shrimp and jumping fleas. Credit: Seoul National University. We usually think of robots as being ...

Robotic grippers usually face a tough trade-off: they can either be flexible enough to move around tricky objects, or strong enough to hold them firmly - but not both. Now, researchers have come up ...