How was the word robot invented, and what it means? The cover of the first edition of R.U.R., November 1920 (left); the title page of the first edition (right) Karel Čapek described the occasion ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have created the world’s first ‘molecular robot’ that is capable of performing basic tasks including building other molecules. The tiny robots, which are a ...

After hearing a radio program describe the labor-intensive work of forest pathologists - basically, tree doctors - Maksim Mikhailov had an idea: what if a robot helped collect their data?