Amazon claims to have over 750,000 robots across their network. The main idea is that goods are stored on four-sided shelves called pods. Hercules can scoot underneath to lift and move these pods ...

Then, Star Wars' C3PO and The Jetson's Rosie the Robot are still the stuff of science fiction, but humanoid robots might soon be helping us do more everyday tasks. WSJ tech columnist Christopher ...

The key innovation of the worm robot was its compartmentalized design. The worm's body is a series of interconnected pods, each containing a motor and tendon actuator so the worm can compress and ...