Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in Beijing in just under 2 hours and 40 minutes. That’s slower than the human winner, who clocked in at just over an hour – but it’s still a ...

Dos Pueblos High School's Dave the robot grabs a ball with its claw mechanism to throw over the blue bar in front of it. The school's Octobots Robotics 9084 team showed off Dave's skills during a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) James Pikul, University of Wisconsin-Madison (THE CONVERSATION) Earlier this year, a ...