Queen Elizabeth Meets the Future Queen Who Is A Robot And Not A Human
Everybody knows that futuristic robots are going to take our jobs. Jobs in food service, farm work, and perhaps most importantly, monarchy.
Everybody knows that futuristic robots are going to take our jobs. Jobs in food service, farm work, and perhaps most importantly, monarchy.
A snakebot recently crawled up my leg. The engineers sort of grinned while I grimaced. I expect most robots to destroy me, but these snakebots are designed to do the opposite. And they could change robotics as we know it.
Sometimes the best ideas come from thinking far, far outside the box.
Our probes and robots have revealed it’s a harsh, barren space boulder with a nightmarish environment. But there are a lot of similarities as well, and they could help us colonise our lunar companion.
It's possible to imagine mistaking a robot for a human, at least at first glance. However, encountering near-human agents may not always be a comfortable experience.
Starting this weekend in Japan, people can buy a talking, person-shaped robot that reads your body language and gets sad when you turn off the lights.
We talk to experts who give us some realistic answers about which human careers might be endangered.
American university develops an automated system for checking claims made online.
Roboticists have started work a Transformer-style humanoid robot that morphs into a car that can drive nearly 40 mph. Not a toy—a human-sized transforming machine. Read More >>
First off, stop calling them drones. Or quadcopters. You may think you know exactly what they are and what they do. You don’t.
With the potential to revolutionise everything from busking to children’s parties, a researcher named Raffaello D’Andrea has built a simple sensor-less machine using four strategically placed paddles that are able to juggle four balls in the air with surprising accuracy. Read more >>
Disclaimer: No Oompa Loompas were harmed in the making of this article.
Maybe you’re averse to violence and would prefer to peacefully relocate your six-legged home invaders, rather than stamping on them. Now, there’s a robotic arm capable of doing just that. Read More >>
Right now, you can watch human and robots perform ballet together at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in a piece called “Robot.” It’s about humans teaching robots to dance.
The DARPA Robotics Challenge is either the World Cup for Nerds or Robot Woodstock, depending on where you get your news. Here's a non-apocalyptic rundown of the day's events.
Given Disney’s fondness for animatronic characters, it only makes sense that the company’s hard at work finding ways to make them even more lifelike. Now, it's researchers may have found a cheap solution to making artificial muscles using conductive sewing thread. Read More >>
