Wall-E, a popular robot from a Pixar film named after itself, has been brought to life by the scientists following the creation of a seed planting robot. The A'seedbot could wander around a desert to ...

It may sound counterintuitive, but if you plant greenery in a desert, the rains will come. Researchers have learned that even in arid regions like Oman and Israel, plant life is capable of capturing ...

“It should be more like pancake batter,” says Nastasia Winey, as she prepares a seed mix solution for Grasshopper - a seagrass-planting robot. Winey is a robotics engineer with ReefGen, a company that ...

The developers are now refining their minimum viable product after summer field tests in Lisbon. Their goal is to deploy ...

Wood swells in response to humidity — a tendency that makes the scales of pine cones close when wet 1. Structures that change shape in this way are known as hygromorphs, and plants often use them to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Despite witch hazel plants’ various medicinal uses, a closer ...

Foraging pangolins already dig in the dirt, so why not get them planting trees while they're at it? Well, training them would be pretty hard, which is why a California high school student named ...

Artificial intelligence can design an autonomous robot in 30 seconds flat on a laptop or smartphone. It’s not quite time to panic about just anybody being able to create the Terminator while waiting ...