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The latest creations and innovations in automated machines.

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Knightscope’s K3 autonomous robot
Technology

This egg-shaped security robot is now roaming hospitals

By Mack DeGeurin

Close up of human brain neuron
AI

Lab-grown human brain tissue used to control robot

By Andrew Paul

robot bagger
Technology

Can grocery-bagging robots make self-checkout less of a pain?

By Mack DeGeurin

Side by side of lab grown skin on 3D and 2D human face models
Science

Lab-grown, self-healing human skin designed to cover robot faces

By Andrew Paul

wombat
Science

Inside the secret lives of wombats

By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine

boxing robot
Technology

These robots learned tennis and boxing after observing people

By Mack DeGeurin

Bornean Orangutan
Science

These orangutans indulge in a spa-like skincare routine

By Popular Science Team

Common cuttlefish
Technology

Cuttlefish tentacles and origami inspired a new robotic claw

By Andrew Paul

18 February 2022, Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck: The display of an artificial nose shows the smell of coffee in a laboratory of the Competence Center Communication, Systems and Applications (CoSA) at Lübeck University of Applied Sciences. The small computer with a pig's nose has four sensors and can easily distinguish between coffee, whiskey and room air. In the future, the artificial intelligence (AI) could also warn if, for example, the concentration of hazardous substances is too high at an industrial workplace. (to dpa "How whiskey makes artificial intelligence comprehensible") Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa (Photo by Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Technology

AI is cracking a hard problem–giving computers a sense of smell

By Ambuj Tewari / The Conversation

Robot solving Rubik's cube
AI

In blink of an eye, robot sets new Rubik’s cube Guinness World Record

By Andrew Paul

Unitree G1 humanoid robot bending limbs while sitting on couch
Technology

Worryingly bendy humanoid robot can crush nuts, slice Coke bottles

By Andrew Paul

Snail robots forming a staircase to reach rock ledge
Technology

Swarm of tiny snail robots stick together to form new structures

By Andrew Paul

Boston Dynamics Spot robot in puppet dog costume sitting next to regular Spot robot.
Technology

Boston Dynamics gives Spot bot a furry makeover

By Andrew Paul

robot v roach
Technology

Why animals run faster than their robot doppelgängers… for now

By Mack DeGeurin

Close-up photos of ReachBot.
Technology

Daddy long-legs-inspired robot could one day squirm through Martian caves

By Mack DeGeurin

atlas robot goodbye
Technology

RIP Atlas, the world’s beefiest humanoid robot

By Mack DeGeurin

PaintCam Eve shooting paintballs at home
Technology

Startup pitches a paintball-armed, AI-powered home security camera

By Andrew Paul

SpaceHopper robot in midair during parabolic flight test
Technology

Watch a tripod robot test its asteroid leaping skills

By Andrew Paul

Two robots playing soccer
Technology

Watch two tiny, AI-powered robots play soccer

By Andrew Paul

Apple’s ‘next big thing’ could be a robot butler
Technology

Apple’s ‘next big thing’ could be a robot butler

By Mack DeGeurin

Slide Whistle robot quartet
Technology

Watch this robotic slide whistle quartet belt out Smash Mouth’s ‘All Star’

By Andrew Paul

Yuhang Hu working on Emo robot head
Technology

A robot named ‘Emo’ can out-smile you by 840 milliseconds

By Andrew Paul

a fish robot in an aquarium
Technology

Get ready for the robotic fish revolution

By Annie Roth / Hakai Magazine

Aerial view of Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown
Environment

Drones offer a glimpse inside Fukushima nuclear reactor 13 years after disaster

By Andrew Paul

parkour robot
Technology

‘Parkour’ robot dog can leap, jump, and crawl its way through complex obstacle courses

By Mack DeGeurin

woman lays on blue table with two robot arms touching her back
Technology

A robot tried to give me ‘the world’s most advanced massage’

By Annie Colbert

Concept art of cyborg jellyfish with forebody attachments
Technology

Hat-wearing cyborg jellyfish could one day explore the ocean depths

By Andrew Paul

Can this robot help solve a guide dog shortage?
Technology

Can this robot help solve a guide dog shortage?

By Mack DeGeurin

Oh good, the humanoid robots are running even faster now
Technology

Oh good, the humanoid robots are running even faster now

By Andrew Paul

vintage photo of scientists with a robot prototype
Technology

AI promised humanlike machines–in 1958

By Danielle Williams / The Conversation

OpenAI wants to make a walking, talking humanoid robot smarter
Technology

OpenAI wants to make a walking, talking humanoid robot smarter

By Mack DeGeurin

Researchers taught a robot dog to open a door with its leg
Technology

Researchers taught a robot dog to open a door with its leg

By Mack DeGeurin

Surgeon using spaceMIRA remote surgery tool on ISS
Technology

First remote, zero-gravity surgery performed on the ISS from Earth (on rubber)

By Andrew Paul

Edible soft robot on table
Technology

This edible, wriggling robot mimics experience of eating moving food

By Andrew Paul

pleurocystitid soft robot
Technology

A sea creature extinct for half a billion years inspired a new soft robot

By Andrew Paul

Caption: CERT’s four-legged Robodog can manuevuer throguh cramped spaces and use sensors to spot fires, leaks, or other hazards.
Technology

A four-legged ‘Robodog’ is patrolling the Large Hadron Collider

By Mack DeGeurin

People walk past the K5 robot used by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in the Times Square subway station in New York on November 28. 2023.
Technology

NYPD retires big, egg-shaped subway surveillance robot—for now

By Mack DeGeurin

Biohybrid robot legs in underwater container
Technology

Watch this cool, useless biohybrid robot take a stroll

By Andrew Paul

BMW is exploring ways to use Figure’s 5’6, 130 pound humanoid robot in its South Carolina manufacturing facility.
Technology

BMW plans to put humanoid robots in a South Carolina factory to do… something

By Mack DeGeurin

Water skimmer inspired robot atop water
Technology

These micro-robots were inspired by mini-bugs and water striders

By Andrew Paul

Rendering of Astrobotic Peregrin lunar lander on moon's surface
Science

NASA is headed for the moon next week, and it’s bringing lots of weird stuff

By Andrew Paul

CyberRunner robot capable of playing Labyrinth maze game
Technology

Watch an AI-leveraging robot beat humans in this classic maze puzzle game

By Andrew Paul

Tesla Optimus robot handling an egg in demo video
Technology

Tesla’s Optimus robot can now squat and fondle eggs

By Andrew Paul

NeRmo mouse robot standing against blue background
Technology

Meet NeRmo, the mouse robot with backbone

By Andrew Paul

1-guilla eel robot without casing
Technology

Watch this eel robot effortlessly glide underwater

By Andrew Paul

Army ants building living bridge between two ledges in lab
Technology

Army ants could teach robots a thing or two

By Andrew Paul

Robot dog at Hyundai factory working on car
Technology

Hyundai’s robot-heavy EV factory in Singapore is fully operational

By Andrew Paul

Side by side of 3D printed robot hand gripping pen and bottle
Technology

This 3D-printed soft robotic hand has ‘bones,’ ‘ligaments,’ and ‘tendons’

By Andrew Paul

Image of kilobots atop photo of bees
Technology

These robots reached a team consensus like a swarm of bees

By Andrew Paul

A long torpedo-shaped fish swims among green plants. Knifefish like the black ghost knifefish are known for their shimmying motions and electrical pulses. and live in freshwater lakes and rivers in Central and South America.
Environment

Why electric knifefish ‘shimmy’

By Laura Baisas

The Marines used a ‘robotic goat’ to fire a rocket-propelled grenade
Technology

The Marines used a ‘robotic goat’ to fire a rocket-propelled grenade

By Kelsey D. Atherton

AlgaRay robot floating atop water in Antigua
Technology

This seafaring robot ‘eats’ stinky seaweed and dumps it in deep water

By Andrew Paul

Animation of multiple robot hands twirling pens in computer simulation
Technology

Watch what happens when AI teaches a robot ‘hand’ to twirl a pen

By Andrew Paul

This weird-looking British ship will keep an eye out for sabotage beneath the surface
Technology

This weird-looking British ship will keep an eye out for sabotage beneath the surface

By Kelsey D. Atherton

AI-designed multi-legged robots on table
Technology

AI design for a ‘walking’ robot is a squishy purple glob

By Andrew Paul

Futuristic aircraft and robotic loaders dazzled at a Dallas tech summit
Technology

Futuristic aircraft and robotic loaders dazzled at a Dallas tech summit

By Rob Verger

Disney’s new bipedal robot could have waddled out of a cartoon
Technology

Disney’s new bipedal robot could have waddled out of a cartoon

By Sara Kiley Watson

Man with cerebral palsy drinking from RoboCup
Technology

College students invented an easy device for cerebral palsy patients to drink on their own

By Andrew Paul

Watch robot dogs train on obstacle courses to avoid tripping
Technology

Watch robot dogs train on obstacle courses to avoid tripping

By Andrew Paul

robot dog doing parjour
Technology

How researchers trained a budget robot dog to do tricks

By Harry Guinness

Electronic artificial tongue sensor
Technology

An ‘electronic tongue’ could help robots taste food like humans

By Andrew Paul

Four legged robot inspired by frog
Environment

This robot trio mimics the life cycle of a frog

By Andrew Paul

Animal deterring robotic wolf sentry
Technology

Robotic ‘Super Monster Wolves’ are guarding Japanese towns against bears

By Andrew Paul

Chipotle automated makeline station
Technology

Watch Chipotle’s latest robot prototype plunk ingredients into a burrito bowl

By Andrew Paul