Linda Rosencrance

Advances in materials science such as self-healing materials could be useful for surgical, supply chain, and other bio-inspired robots, but they're still at an early stage of development.

Consumers worldwide have different expectations for tabletop grapes than for wine grapes, so harvesting robots must use machine learning to pick the right ones and ensure quality.

Analysts have expressed concerns that the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation will raise costs, limit access to data, and hinder AI development. The European privacy provisions could also lower barriers within the continent.

Harvard University Professor George Whitesides and his team have fashioned a new type of flexible, soft-bodied robot that could one day assist in dangerous search and rescue missions or serve as a surgeon?s assistant.