Science Robotics publishes original, peer-reviewed research articles that advance the field of robotics.
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New in Science #Robotics: Instead of waiting days for its next instructions from Earth, @NASAMars rover Perseverance now uses an embedded robotic system to monitor its environment and operations, leading to an increase in activity and quality science. scim.ag/4klTyD9
New in Science #Robotics: A flexible soft robot inspired by snake motion can navigate and deploy endoscopic tools for medical interventions in the pig small intestine. @MITMechE scim.ag/4iLHBWd
The robots in J.P. Lacrampe’s Valet: A Novel demonstrate the difference between having autonomous agency and political autonomy, with implications for the debate about “free will.”
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OnBoard Planner, an autonomous system deployed on the @NASAMars Perseverance, has increased the rover’s discretionary activities by 10.5% while improving the quality of its science.
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In a new #Focus article, researchers review the progress in underwater exoskeleton design for scuba diving, with an eye to reducing energy and air consumption.
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Robot swarms learn control policies that work in simulations but fall short when applied to real life scenarios.
To fix this, researchers introduced constraints into their policy learning that made the policies transfer more reliably to physical robots. scim.ag/4i7yxcL
New in Science #Robotics: Researchers introduce spectral swarm robotics, an algorithm that helps individual robots swap information to estimate the shape of their swarm, and subsequently the geometrical shape of their environment. @N_LobatoDauzier scim.ag/4A4WYz9
How should an underwater exoskeleton be designed to help divers move more efficiently, and are there lessons we can apply from exoskeleton-assisted walking and running?
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Embedding structural constraints into policy learning can help robot swarms transfer their learning from simulation to the real world.
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Swarm robots use pairwise interactions to pass information to each other, leading to a global understanding of the swarm’s geometric shape, and subsequently the geometrical shape of the arena in which they reside.
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Introducing Fast Feature Field, an event camera representation for robust robotics perception, learned by predicting future events from past events.
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A new Science #Robotics study shares the AI drone racing approach developed by TU Delft researchers that made MonoRace a winner at the 2025 Abu Dhabi Autonomous Drone Racing Competition. scim.ag/4zzo8O7
ALT A racing drone with glowing lights is captured mid-flight in a dark environment. It features a sleek, aerodynamic design with vibrant illumination that highlights its structure. The background includes banners indicating involvement with MAVLab and TU Delft.
A bicycle robot combines the strengths of wheeled and legged systems to perform acrobatic maneuvers.
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New in Science #Robotics: @CIS_Penn researchers introduce an event camera representation that enabled robust perception across a robotic car, quadruped robot and flying platform in different lighting and environmental conditions. scim.ag/4yZkWeH
How did a one-camera drone with no external motion tracking system beat out its autonomous rivals and three champion human pilots on an indoor track?
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ALT A racing drone with glowing lights is captured mid-flight in a dark environment. It features a sleek, aerodynamic design with vibrant illumination that highlights its structure. The background includes banners indicating involvement with MAVLab and TU Delft.
New in Science #Robotics: The Ultra Mobility Vehicle bicycle robot leverages its own inertia and momentum to perform jumps, track stands, wheelies and other athletic moves. @rai_inst scim.ag/4B9XJb8
The October 2026 issue of Science #Robotics is out!
This month’s cover depicts a drone deployed with MonoRace, an onboard framework that enables aerial robots to race autonomously at speeds of up to 100 km/h.
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A new Science #Robotics study introduces ALBATROSS, a hybrid aerial-marine robot that could someday be useful in ocean sensing and disaster response. @sutdsg
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ALT A small autonomous sailboat equipped with solar panels navigates on Tampa Bay, with the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus visible in the background.
Inspired by the novel Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson, @robinrmurphy cautions that robot demonstration videos sometimes imply greater autonomy or reasoning than facts support.
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A 185-milligram robot flies freely without a transmission, powering its cone-shaped wings with an electrostrictive actuator. It also stands up to crushing impacts. @UCLAengineering
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