In 1982, personal computers were beige, boxy, and built for engineers. They were powerful, but uninviting. Few people knew what they were for, or why they might need one. It took more than just better ...

Just like bees, the individual robots in this simulation have no master plan. Simply by responding to local cues, they are able to construct honeycomb-like structures. The method could presage a new ...

Yen-Ling Kuo is an assistant professor of computer science who earned a $665,000 grant to advance "theory of mind" concepts in robots as a faculty affiliate of UVA's Link Lab. As automation becomes ...

Artificial intelligence works when computers learn from data that is readily available. But there is no data to teach robots ...

Newly developed mathematical rules allow virtual swarms of tiny robots to build without blueprints. In computer simulations, the robots built honeycomb-like structures without ever following - or even ...