When 12-year-old Matteo Mucchetti mapped out an amusement-style attraction that he wanted to create in his family’s basement and then showed it to his older brother Nico, the high-school sophomore was ...

What happens when students stop building for grades and start building like engineers? This competition tested more than ideas.

Aarathi Devakumar is weaving a unique narrative in the world of engineering. With a lifelong love of creativity and technology, she has found her perfect fit in the trendsetting area of design called ...

This study demonstrates that Type I receptor-like sensors in a robotic joint achieve sub-2° positional accuracy, redefining ...

Soft robots made out of flexible, biocompatible materials are in high demand in industries from health care to manufacturing, ...

A robotics maker has showcased a functional laundry-folding robot prototype made in under 24 ...

The method, described in Advanced Materials, replaces the slow, multi-step molding and casting process that traditionally defines soft robotics. Researchers have figured out how to 3D-print ...

Getting PCBs made is often the key step in taking a dodgy lab experiment and turning it into a functional piece of equipment.

A broken motor in an automated machine can bring production on a busy factory floor to a halt. If engineers can't find a ...

What is it about a cheetah's build that enables it to run so fast? What gives the wolf its exceptional endurance?

Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across ...

We’ll admit it: sometimes we overthink things. We imagine some of you are the same way; there seems to be something in the hacker mentality that drives us to occasionally over-engineer ideas to the ...