The quest for a real life tractor beam continues, with a 2-micrometer-thick silicon light bender. The silicon metasurface changes a solid beam into a triple spiral one that can pick up particles.

Scientists are working on bringing a tractor beam from science fiction to reality. The researchers are planning to use beams of electrons to create opposite charges and attract object to the beam for ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Tractor beams are one of the most iconic pieces of science-fiction technology, most likely popularized through movies and TV shows such as Star Wars, Star ...

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Carbon Robotics launched the autonomous robot tractor, the Carbon AutoTractor, in 2025. The vehicle is powered by Carbon AI and it is installed on existing tractors. The AutoTractor is remotely ...

A tractor beam—a special beam of electromagnetic radiation that draws particles toward it instead of pushing them away—might be a concept straight from Star Trek, but scientists from the Australian ...