The First Permanent Astronaut Aboard the ISS Could Be a Robot
Humans only live aboard the ISS for a few months, maybe a year. Robots, on the other hand, don’t need food or water or comfort, and can work on the station for as long as need be. Useful!
Humans only live aboard the ISS for a few months, maybe a year. Robots, on the other hand, don’t need food or water or comfort, and can work on the station for as long as need be. Useful!
A drunk 60-year-old man reportedly kicked a Pepper unit in Yokohama Sunday morning after getting pissed off with a (human) store clerk in a SoftBank mobile phone shop.
We say "mum" -- it could be a dad. Hard to tell with robots.
This droid has, without doubt, an excellent motivator.
Humans have good reason to be frustrated with robots, and that’s probably why watching robotic tackle dummies get creamed is so endlessly satisfying. Read More >>
An excellent article at Hopes and Fears wondered if our future robot overlords are going to spend their weekends getting baked out of their minds.
What will it take for robots to become as common in our homes and daily lives as smartphones, TVs, and computers? Ask roboticist Tomotaka Takahashi.
An astronaut on the ISS is going to control a brand new type of haptic rover here on Earth. Read More >>
How do you like your eggs in the morning? I like mine with a BLEEEEP BLARP REEWRAARR.
Fetch Robotics' private robot fighting league is like a smaller scale, and slightly safer, version of Robot Wars. Admit it, you want one.
Spoiler: no rocket fists allowed because they are lame.
Possible cause of the upcoming singularity, Boston Dynamics, is secretive about its robotics projects, but new footage shows their machines in action — and the results are highly unsettling. Witness the horror >>
Darwin probably didn’t expect basic principles of evolution to apply to machines, but here we are.
Harnessing decades of data means computers can predict a day's climate to a surprising extent.
Japan's Erica android is one of the most realistic yet – but it still gives us the creeps.
You can think of this robot as similar to the unmanned flying drones the military uses that are piloted by a human from a safe and remote location.
