Chinese authorities and industrialists have long hoped to unseat the United States as the world's premier tech giant, but they've historically struggled to make inroads against Silicon Valley ...

A miniature, shape-shifting robot can liquefy itself and reform, allowing it to complete tasks in hard-to-access places and even escape cages. It could eventually be used as a hands-free soldering ...

The key ingredient is gallium, a metal that has a very low melting point of just under 30 °C (86 °F), with magnetic particles embedded in it. The idea is that the MPTM robots remain solid at room ...

Robotics has long been a world dominated by metal — until now. Scientists have developed a new kind of completely soft robot, devoid of any hard or electronic parts, in a development that carries far ...