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Video Still: Optically driven rotation of ZEEM torus on an air–glycerol interface.
Technology

Tiny, doughnut-shaped robot can swim through snot

By Mack DeGeurin

These are the best robot kit in 2024 on a plain white background.
Gear

The best robot kits for kids in 2024

By Fiona Tapp

USS Stewart bow shipwreck with barnacles and crabs
Technology

‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ rediscovered with underwater drones

By Andrew Paul

Aerobat uses a combination or rigid and soft 3D-printed materials to mimic a bat's malleable wings.
Technology

Bats’ weird wings inspired this drone

By Mack DeGeurin

a platypus floating in a creek on the Eungella National Park , Queensland, Australia
Technology

Platypus-like robot skin inspired by scientist’s daughter

By Andrew Paul

Electrostatic hydraulic robot leg
Technology

Oil-filled ‘muscles’ give this robot leg a spring in its step

By Andrew Paul

This squishy robot uses electrical signals processed from King Oyster mushroom mycelia to scoot back and forth.
Technology

This robot is being controlled by a King oyster mushroom

By Mack DeGeurin

Skyline Robotics robot window washing skyscrapers
Technology

The skyscraper window-washing robots are here

By Mack DeGeurin

Human playing against Google DeepMind ping pong robot
AI

Watch Google’s ping pong robot beat humans at their own game

By Andrew Paul

Video still of Figure 02 humanoid robot looking at hand
AI

Figure says its new humanoid robot can chat and learn from its mistakes

By Andrew Paul

Perceptive robot dental machine working on human patient
AI

Robot dentist can prep a tooth crown in 15 minutes

By Andrew Paul

VERO four legged robot vacuuming cigarette butts
Technology

This plodding robot sucks up cigarette butts

By Andrew Paul

Tiny drones have can only carry very small computer processors with little computation and memory. This makes it very challenging for them to navigate by themselves, as current state-of-the-art approaches to autonomous navigation are computation- and memory intensive.
Technology

Bug brains could help drone swarms find their way home

By Mack DeGeurin

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