There’s no shortage of ways to chat with people on the other side of the globe. But screw video chatting: make way for this Ted-like robotic bear that mimics your gestures and projects your voice from far away. Read more >>
Consider the earthworm. Ubiquitous, not unfriendly, maybe a little gross–who would think that this humble creature may hold the key to a new generation of soft robots?
Despite the name, it was all purely academic.
Damn impressive robots, stealing our jobs.
Wants to undermine human workers. Government onside.
It also bears a startling resemblance to the Droideka from Star Wars.
Can Anki's uncanny robotic racer compete with nostalgic memories of a mental 1990s slot car super-kit?
Training automatons to gently grab grapes and guavas is high on scientists' lists.
All while Tubthumping by Chumbawamba plays in the background.
Stupid robots, incapable of stealing our jobs.
An excerpt from Our Robots, Ourselves by David A. Mindell. Just how autonomous are military drones?
Forget the far-off world of consumer driverless cars – there are cities ferrying around residents in autonomous vehicles right now.
Robots are good at a lot of things, but their track record at picking up objects is poor. So just how hard is it to teach one to pick up an object on demand from a table full of clutter?
Blending different metals together produces an alloy, but layering them creates a bimetal that often has unique properties. One such unique property is to let this robot walk indefinitely across the pan without other power sources. Read More >>
Sharp is going to sell this adorable mini robot as a smartphone. Would you buy one for yourself? Read More >>
Someone call Bubbles and tell him he's done for.
