Researchers urgently need more guidance to help them identify and mitigate potential risks when designing projects that involve AI developments.

Clear descriptions of intelligence in both living organisms and machines are essential to avoid confusion, sharpen thinking and guide interdisciplinary research. A Comment in this issue encourages researchers to answer key questions to improve clarity on the terms they use.

A robot body is not a shield from discrimination in John Scalzi's science fiction novel Head On.

Robotics history is still HIS story, but Women in Robotics is working hard to include HER story in the future of robotics.

Robotics research is rooted in a diversity of ideas, so roboticists should embrace a diverse set of people.

Swarm robots offer fascinating opportunities to perform complex tasks beyond the capabilities of individual machines. Just as a swarm of ants collectively moves large objects, similar functions can emerge within a group of robots through individual strategies based on local sensing. However, realizing collective functions with individually controlled microrobots is particularly challenging because

Haptic devices typically rely on rigid actuators and bulky power supply systems, limiting wearability. Soft materials improve comfort, but careful distribution of stiffness is required to ground actuation forces and enable load transfer to the skin. We present Haptiknit, an approach in which soft, wearable, knit textiles with embedded pneumatic actuators enable programmable haptic display. By integrating

Tackling partial differential equations with machine learning solvers is a promising direction, but recent analysis reveals challenges with making fair comparisons to previous methods. Stronger benchmark problems are needed for the field to advance.

Black in Robotics, a nonprofit organization, has had recent success, but it is the ongoing community participation that will sustain its efforts.

Humans use their dexterous fingers and adaptable palm in various multiobject grasping strategies to efficiently move multiple objects together in various situations. Advanced manipulation skills, such as finger-to-palm translation and palm-to-finger translation, enhance the dexterity in multiobject grasping. These translational movements allow the fingers to transfer the grasped objects to the palm

Micro- and nanorobots excel in navigating the intricate and often inaccessible areas of the human body, offering immense potential for applications such as disease diagnosis, precision drug delivery, detoxification, and minimally invasive surgery. Despite their promise, practical deployment faces hurdles, including achieving stable propulsion in complex in vivo biological environments, real-time imaging

Diverse and inclusive teams are not merely a moral imperative but also a catalyst for scientific excellence in robotics. Drawing from literature, a comprehensive citation analysis, and expert interviews, we derive seven main benefits of diversity and inclusion and propose a leadership guide for roboticists to reap these benefits.