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Sex Bots, Robo-Maids, and Other Sci-Fi Myths of the Coming Robot Economy
Technology

Sex Bots, Robo-Maids, and Other Sci-Fi Myths of the Coming Robot Economy

By Erik Sofge

1,024 Robots Self-Assemble Into Any Shape You Want
Technology

1,024 Robots Self-Assemble Into Any Shape You Want

By Francie Diep

Video: Great White Sharks Chomp On An Underwater Robot
Environment

Video: Great White Sharks Chomp On An Underwater Robot

By Francie Diep

Marines Prepare For Future War With Robot Horses And Swimming Trucks
Technology

Marines Prepare For Future War With Robot Horses And Swimming Trucks

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Associated Press Will Use Robots To Write Articles
Technology

Associated Press Will Use Robots To Write Articles

By Francie Diep

Collaborative Algorithm Lets Autonomous Robots Team Up And Learn From Each Other
Technology

Collaborative Algorithm Lets Autonomous Robots Team Up And Learn From Each Other

By Erik Sofge

First Exoskeleton Gets FDA Approval For U.S. Sales
Technology

First Exoskeleton Gets FDA Approval For U.S. Sales

By Francie Diep

Slither of Hope: Surgical Snakebots Are Real, And Heading For Humanity’s Orifices
Technology

Slither of Hope: Surgical Snakebots Are Real, And Heading For Humanity’s Orifices

By Erik Sofge

Lie Like A Lady: The Profoundly Weird, Gender-Specific Roots Of The Turing Test
Technology

Lie Like A Lady: The Profoundly Weird, Gender-Specific Roots Of The Turing Test

By Erik Sofge

Robots Are Evil: The Sci-Fi Myth of Killer Machines
Technology

Robots Are Evil: The Sci-Fi Myth of Killer Machines

By Erik Sofge

A World Without Steering Wheels is Google’s Best Idea Yet
Technology

A World Without Steering Wheels is Google’s Best Idea Yet

By Erik Sofge

The End Is A.I.: The Singularity Is Sci-Fi’s Faith-Based Initiative
Technology

The End Is A.I.: The Singularity Is Sci-Fi’s Faith-Based Initiative

By Erik Sofge

Robo-Boats Disguised As Crocodiles Sneakily Study Hippo Poo
Technology

Robo-Boats Disguised As Crocodiles Sneakily Study Hippo Poo

By Douglas Main

Robots Are Strong: The Sci-Fi Myth of Robotic Competence
Technology

Robots Are Strong: The Sci-Fi Myth of Robotic Competence

By Erik Sofge

Robot Reads Novels, Writes Songs About Them
Technology

Robot Reads Novels, Writes Songs About Them

By Francie Diep

The Mathematics of Murder: Should a Robot Sacrifice Your Life to Save Two?
Technology

The Mathematics of Murder: Should a Robot Sacrifice Your Life to Save Two?

By Erik Sofge

Invention Awards 2014: A Powerful, Portable, And Affordable Robotic Exoskeleton
Technology

Invention Awards 2014: A Powerful, Portable, And Affordable Robotic Exoskeleton

By Gregory Mone

Rise, O Machines: Why Hollywood’s Best Robot Stories Are About Slavery
Technology

Rise, O Machines: Why Hollywood’s Best Robot Stories Are About Slavery

By Erik Sofge

Left To Their Own Devices, Robots Evolve Into Diverse Populations
Science

Left To Their Own Devices, Robots Evolve Into Diverse Populations

By Francie Diep

Robotic Cubes That Stack Themselves
Technology

Robotic Cubes That Stack Themselves

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Atlas Stumbled: Why Humanoid Robots Are Still A Brilliant, Bumbling Mess
Technology

Atlas Stumbled: Why Humanoid Robots Are Still A Brilliant, Bumbling Mess

By Erik Sofge

DNA
Technology

Nano-Robots That Compute With DNA Installed Into Living Cockroach

By Douglas Main

The Microscopic Future of Surgical Robotics
Technology

The Microscopic Future of Surgical Robotics

By Erik Sofge

Robots Seem More Thoughtful If They Glance Away While They Talk
Technology

Robots Seem More Thoughtful If They Glance Away While They Talk

By Francie Diep

Meet The Physicist Who’s Building Snake Robots
Technology

Meet The Physicist Who’s Building Snake Robots

By Flora Lichtman

You Probably Don’t Care If You Get Your News From A Robot
Technology

You Probably Don’t Care If You Get Your News From A Robot

By Colin Lecher

Robotic Fish and Inflatable Tentacles: How MIT is Solving Hard Problems with Soft Robots
Technology

Robotic Fish and Inflatable Tentacles: How MIT is Solving Hard Problems with Soft Robots

By Erik Sofge

Why Is Google Building A Robot Army?
Technology

Why Is Google Building A Robot Army?

By Erik Sofge

Tale of the Teletank: The Brief Rise and Long Fall of Russia’s Military Robots
Technology

Tale of the Teletank: The Brief Rise and Long Fall of Russia’s Military Robots

By Erik Sofge

Apocalypse NAO: Are Robots Threatening Your Immortal Soul?
Technology

Apocalypse NAO: Are Robots Threatening Your Immortal Soul?

By Erik Sofge

You Have Already Complied: RoboCop and the All-Too-Feasible Horror of Brain Hacking
Technology

You Have Already Complied: RoboCop and the All-Too-Feasible Horror of Brain Hacking

By Erik Sofge

Let This Robot Write An Employee Farewell Letter For You
Technology

Let This Robot Write An Employee Farewell Letter For You

By Colin Lecher

Why Robot Trucks Could Be Headed To Afghanistan (And Everywhere Else)
Technology

Why Robot Trucks Could Be Headed To Afghanistan (And Everywhere Else)

By Erik Sofge

A Mind-Controlled Robotic Hand With A Sense Of Touch
Technology

A Mind-Controlled Robotic Hand With A Sense Of Touch

By Francie Diep

Robotic Gas Pumps Are Coming Soon
Technology

Robotic Gas Pumps Are Coming Soon

By Douglas Main

Throw Your Jams In The Air: Morphing Robotic Hands Have Arrived
Technology

Throw Your Jams In The Air: Morphing Robotic Hands Have Arrived

By Erik Sofge

Of Her and Humanoids: The Year in Robotics
Technology

Of Her and Humanoids: The Year in Robotics

By Erik Sofge

Her Is the Smartest Movie About Artificial Intelligence In Years
Technology

Her Is the Smartest Movie About Artificial Intelligence In Years

By Erik Sofge

The Humanoids Are Here: The Walking, Climbing, Driving Robots of the DRC
Technology

The Humanoids Are Here: The Walking, Climbing, Driving Robots of the DRC

By Erik Sofge

Warning: Drones That Appear on News Magazines Are Further Than They Appear
Technology

Warning: Drones That Appear on News Magazines Are Further Than They Appear

By Erik Sofge

Sympathy For The Metal: Almost Human Is The Pro-Robot Propaganda We Need
Technology

Sympathy For The Metal: Almost Human Is The Pro-Robot Propaganda We Need

By Erik Sofge

Why Underwater Robots Should Swim Like Stingrays
Technology

Why Underwater Robots Should Swim Like Stingrays

By Shaunacy Ferro

The Modular Robots Are Coming, One Toy At A Time
Technology

The Modular Robots Are Coming, One Toy At A Time

By Erik Sofge

Blueprint: A Battery-Powered Robot Arm
Technology

Blueprint: A Battery-Powered Robot Arm

By Nick McGill, as told to Flora Lichtman

Robot Pretends To Almost (Not Really) Eviscerate Human With Knife, For Science
Technology

Robot Pretends To Almost (Not Really) Eviscerate Human With Knife, For Science

By Erik Sofge

This Fake Robot Frog Is Key For Field Research
Technology

This Fake Robot Frog Is Key For Field Research

By Lindsey Kratochwill

A Night With The World’s Greatest Robot Bartenders
Technology

A Night With The World’s Greatest Robot Bartenders

By Camper English

I Am Robot Boss
Technology

I Am Robot Boss

By Jacob Ward

An Autonomous, Self-Steering Robo-Cane, And Other Co-Robots to Come
Technology

An Autonomous, Self-Steering Robo-Cane, And Other Co-Robots to Come

By Erik Sofge

Say Hello to UBR-1, One-Armed Agent of the Robot Economy
Technology

Say Hello to UBR-1, One-Armed Agent of the Robot Economy

By Erik Sofge

Technology

Rescue Robot ATLAS Breaks Its Ankle During Public Debut [Video]

By Colin Lecher

Straw Men Are Building Metal Men To Kill You
Technology

Straw Men Are Building Metal Men To Kill You

By Erik Sofge

Technology

Watch An Army Robot Fire A Machine Gun

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How Human Do We Want Our Robots To Look?
Technology

How Human Do We Want Our Robots To Look?

By Colin Lecher

Jellyfish Terminator Robots Suck Up 2,000 Pounds Of Jellies Per Hour
Technology

Jellyfish Terminator Robots Suck Up 2,000 Pounds Of Jellies Per Hour

By Francie Diep

DARPA Spends $10 Million To Make BigDog Stronger And Stealthier
Technology

DARPA Spends $10 Million To Make BigDog Stronger And Stealthier

By Kelsey D. Atherton

These Magnetic Nanobots Could Carry Drugs Into Your Brain
Technology

These Magnetic Nanobots Could Carry Drugs Into Your Brain

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Dogs Are Perfectly Happy To Socialize With Robots
Technology

Dogs Are Perfectly Happy To Socialize With Robots

By Shaunacy Ferro

Robo-Maggots Will Munch Through Brain Tumors
Technology

Robo-Maggots Will Munch Through Brain Tumors

By Shaunacy Ferro

Technology

In Australian Mines, 50-Foot Robot Trucks Take Dangerous Work From Humans

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Ride This: An SUV-Size Insectoid Robot
Technology

Ride This: An SUV-Size Insectoid Robot

By Gregory Mone

The Robotic Search For Lost World War II Airmen
Technology

The Robotic Search For Lost World War II Airmen

By Andy Isaacson

How Dragonflies Could Help Scientists Build Better Robots
Technology

How Dragonflies Could Help Scientists Build Better Robots

By Shaunacy Ferro

Could Robot Aliens Exist?
Science

Could Robot Aliens Exist?

By Steven Dick (as told to Ker Than)