Science Robotics publishes original, peer-reviewed research articles that advance the field of robotics.

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A new Science #Robotics Focus highlights the promise of biohybrid microrobots for varied biomedical applications and discusses bottlenecks in manufacturing and storage that could limit their clinical translation. @JWangnano scim.ag/443SFWy
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A new framework enables a quadrotor to fly through a series of narrow windows, moving targets, and gaps of different shapes. Learn more in Science #Robotics: scim.ag/3S0Qctu
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A new Science #Robotics study describes how a centimeter-scale transformable #rover navigated the #Moon’s surface autonomously and captured images of the SLIM lander and its surroundings. @JAXA_en scim.ag/4vyltCi
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The June 2026 issue of Science #Robotics is out! This month's cover highlights a centimeter-scale #rover that navigated autonomously on the #Moon while capturing images to send to Earth. Learn about this research and more: scim.ag/4xlZHDt
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“Humanoids will soon replace most human workers: True or false?” In a Science #Robotics Viewpoint, experts debate whether robots can overcome technological shortcomings and become reliable enough to eliminate most human jobs by 2050. scim.ag/4uUsexV
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A new Science #Robotics study introduces the Crosslink Collective, a system of small #robots that can become transiently entangled to move collectively and robustly around obstacles. Learn more: scim.ag/4nEsChD
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A Science #Robotics Focus muses on the psychological factors that will influence consumers’ acceptance of robots, underlining how human identity and values can feed resistance to the automation of tasks such as baking or services like tattoo art. scim.ag/4dkQVOh
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A new Science #Robotics study highlights an open-source, computationally light policy that can adapt to control unfamiliar quadrotors and stabilize against external perturbations like strong winds. scim.ag/4wrIQih
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A new Science #Robotics study highlights an autonomous approach that can characterize coral reef #biodiversity, enabling an underwater robot to home in on snapping shrimp or follow a barracuda through #JoelsShoal. scim.ag/4ust71b
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A new Science #Robotics Focus examines whether physically embodied robots always offer benefits over virtual robots during human-robot interaction research, and emphasizes the importance of context during varied tasks. @EsterwoodConnor @lionelrobertjr scim.ag/3PJeBTw
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A new Science #Robotics study demonstrates that robots with dynamic symmetry, or the ability to generate force uniformly in all directions, are multifunctional, can adapt to challenging terrain, and are robust to hardware failures. scim.ag/4dCGPHe
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A new Science #Robotics study highlights the therapeutic potential of MicroSpine, a surgical robot system that can navigate tight intervertebral spaces for dexterous spinal nerve decompression in pigs and human cadavers. scim.ag/431Kj1h
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In a new Science #Robotics Focus, @robinrmurphy highlights the role of robots in lunar construction and mining, as depicted in different science fiction works such as The Man Who Sold the World and Artemis. scim.ag/3Rse9tn
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A new Focus argues for “a recalibration from considering whether virtually represented robots are valid to when, where, and for whom they are acceptable,” during research on human-robot interactions. Learn more in Science #Robotics: scim.ag/3RDEDYO
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Argus, a spherical robot with 20 symmetric legs and cameras, can monitor and navigate diverse terrains, climb walls, and move while carrying payloads. @Boyuan__Chen Learn more in Science #Robotics: scim.ag/4dCGPHe
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Scientists have developed a minimally invasive, multiarmed surgical robot that can relieve spinal nerve compression from the front of the body relatively quickly and with minimal blood loss in preclinical models. Learn more in Science #Robotics: scim.ag/431Kj1h
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A new Science #Robotics study shows how shape-changing but immobile small #robots become transiently entangled, forming chains that allow robust locomotion. scim.ag/4ulGNKV @CornellEng
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“Humanoids will soon replace most human workers: True or false?” In a new Science #Robotics Viewpoint, experts debate whether robots can overcome technological shortcomings and become reliable enough to eliminate most human jobs by 2050. scim.ag/4uUsexV
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Introducing the Crosslink Collective, a system of small #robots that can become transiently entangled to move collectively and robustly around obstacles. Learn more in Science #Robotics: scim.ag/4nEsChD
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A new Science #Robotics Focus muses on the psychological factors that will influence consumers’ acceptance of robots, underlining how human identity and values can feed resistance to the automation of tasks such as baking or services like tattoo art. scim.ag/4dkQVOh
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