Gerri Nichols was able to walk out of the hospital just one week after suffering a stroke. The 69-year-old Clinton woman attributes her recovery to timely diagnosis and treatment, including use of a ...

No, robots aren't taking over the world anytime soon, but they could be the ones doing challenging or dangerous tasks in the ...

In a windy patch of desert outside Barstow, Calif., a 700-pound planetary rover named Helelani is churning its thick tires through a flour-like dust. Seven teams from around the world are taking turns ...

CORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - Hundreds gathered at Xtream Arena in Coralville Saturday for the FIRST Tech Challenge Iowa Championship. 72 high school and middle school teams from around Iowa and parts of ...

It's probably the most common complaint among Iowa employers: There are never enough workers. The numbers show it's not just casual griping. Over the past two decades, the size of Iowa's workforce has ...

AMES, Iowa – The team of middle schoolers didn’t know how to make an app. Neither did their teacher. But that didn’t stop them. And so, when the “Rubble Busters” from Maxwell show up for the Iowa ...

AMES, Iowa – The tiny tube circled an ant’s thorax, gently trapping the insect and demonstrating the utility of a microrobotic tentacle developed by Iowa State University engineers. “Most robots use ...

Mar. 3—OSKALOOSA — Iowa's first robot combat competition is coming to Oskaloosa March 12, thanks to 18-year-old Lucas Phillips. Phillips has been involved in robot combat for about four years, so he ...

Artificial intelligence can find you a recipe or generate a picture, but it cannot hang that picture on a wall or cook you dinner, at least, not yet. Some researchers are now trying to get AI to work ...