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You’ve probably heard of AI winning against humans in games like chess and GO that require intellect. That’s impressive but not shocking. AI is good at crunching numbers and finding patterns.

You might not look at pasta the same way after seeing this robot. Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Pennsylvania have created a rotini-shaped robot that can tumble ...

It looks like stretched-out plastic rotini. Or maybe extended fusilli. But no, the soft, clear noodle you see in the video above is not made of pasta, it’s actually a robot. Except, it has no motors, ...

A maze is a popular device among psychologists to assess the learning capacity of mice or rats. But how about robots? Can they learn to successfully navigate the twists and turns of a labyrinth? Now, ...