Scientists have built a robot that grows and heals by consuming other robots. The development heralds a new era of self-sustaining machines and an “entirely new dimension of autonomy” for artificial ...

Robots that watch for social cues could feed people by gauging when they are ready for a mouthful. This may make it easier for people who can’t feed themselves, such as those with tetraplegia, to ...

For about 10 years, researchers at the University of Washington’s Personal Robotics Lab have been developing a robotic arm that can help people with motor impairments, such as quadriplegics, feed ...