the M3 laying flat on the surface of a penny 

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Technology

Light Powers the World&#39;s Smallest Programmable Robot, at About 0.3 Millimeters Long

A stuffed rabbit toy with wires in a cage.

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Two researchers stand alongside a robotic rabbit in the Everglades.

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Planet Earth

Robotic Rabbits Help Researchers Catch Invasive Pythons in the Florida Everglades

Truss Links Robot Metabolism

New Cannibalistic Robots Consume Other Machines to Grow and Heal on Their Own

Rechargeable, remote-controllable cyborg cockroach

A Swarm of Cyborg Insects Might Save You From Disaster

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These 4 Humanoid Robots Use Soft Touch to Hug or Connect with Humans

A rendering of a pleurocystitid and a robot modeled after a pleurocystitid.

An Ancient Stingray Lookalike Inspires Underwater Soft Robotics

Amelia Earhart in her Lockheed 10-E Electra, ca. 1937. 

The Sciences

Has Amelia Earhart’s Long-Lost Plane Finally Been Found?

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4 Robots That Look Like Humans 

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Do Dogs Hold the Secret to Social Robotics?

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Robots and Artificial Intelligence Have Ancient Mythology Origins

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Scientists Are Trying to Give Robots Social Skills 

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Folded Skin Allows Elephants to Stretch Out Their Trunks

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