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PopSci Q&A: How the Rheon Machine Stuffs Any Food Into Any Other Food
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PopSci Q&A: How the Rheon Machine Stuffs Any Food Into Any Other Food

By Rebecca Boyle

PopSci Q&A: A Robot Masters the Art of Chicken Deboning
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PopSci Q&A: A Robot Masters the Art of Chicken Deboning

By Rebecca Boyle

Original Paper Discussing “Uncanny Valley” Now Available in English
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Original Paper Discussing “Uncanny Valley” Now Available in English

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: After Robot-Assisted Rehab and a Dose of Chemicals, Paralyzed Rats Walk Again
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Video: After Robot-Assisted Rehab and a Dose of Chemicals, Paralyzed Rats Walk Again

By Rebecca Boyle

Snake Robots Will Soon Crawl Around Inside Your Body Off-Leash
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Snake Robots Will Soon Crawl Around Inside Your Body Off-Leash

By Dan Nosowitz

Giant European Robofish Sniff Out Ocean Pollutants Autonomously
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Giant European Robofish Sniff Out Ocean Pollutants Autonomously

By Rebecca Boyle

Equipped With a Hot Glue Gun, New Robot Builds Its Own Custom Tools
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Equipped With a Hot Glue Gun, New Robot Builds Its Own Custom Tools

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: In Breakthrough Study, Paralyzed Patients Move a Robotic Arm With Their Own Thoughts
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Video: In Breakthrough Study, Paralyzed Patients Move a Robotic Arm With Their Own Thoughts

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Bizarrely Realistic Japanese Robotic Buttocks Responds to Slaps
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Video: Bizarrely Realistic Japanese Robotic Buttocks Responds to Slaps

By Dan Nosowitz

Rough Sketch: “I Build Flying Robots”
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Rough Sketch: “I Build Flying Robots”

By Vijay Kumar as told to Flora Lichtman

Who Is To Blame When A Robotic Car Crashes?
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Who Is To Blame When A Robotic Car Crashes?

By Jacob Ward

Video: Flying Thing Propels Itself By Flipping Inside Out
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Video: Flying Thing Propels Itself By Flipping Inside Out

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: A Robot With a Human Skeleton
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Video: A Robot With a Human Skeleton

By Clay Dillow

Video: Design, Program, and Build a Customized Army of Robots In a Day
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Video: Design, Program, and Build a Customized Army of Robots In a Day

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: The Navy’s ‘Shoulder-to-Shoulder’ Firefighting Robot’s First Trial By Fire
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Video: The Navy’s ‘Shoulder-to-Shoulder’ Firefighting Robot’s First Trial By Fire

By Clay Dillow

‘Cyberplasm,’ a Micro-Robot Modeled After the Sea Lamprey, Could Swim Around Inside You
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‘Cyberplasm,’ a Micro-Robot Modeled After the Sea Lamprey, Could Swim Around Inside You

By Clay Dillow

Telepresence Robots Will Join Doctors on Their Rounds in Singapore Next Month
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Telepresence Robots Will Join Doctors on Their Rounds in Singapore Next Month

By Clay Dillow

Video: Little Sand Flea Robot Makes Prodigious Leaps
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Video: Little Sand Flea Robot Makes Prodigious Leaps

By Rebecca Boyle

Meet Robojelly, the Hydrogen-Powered Jellyfish-Shaped Immortal Underwater Surveillance Robot
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Meet Robojelly, the Hydrogen-Powered Jellyfish-Shaped Immortal Underwater Surveillance Robot

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Robot Squirrel Confuses a Snake
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Video: Robot Squirrel Confuses a Snake

By Rebecca Boyle

An Ocean of Data: Looking for Sunken Treasure in a New Way
Science

An Ocean of Data: Looking for Sunken Treasure in a New Way

By Brooke Borel

Video: Slime Mold Inspires Autonomous Brainless Undulating Robot
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Video: Slime Mold Inspires Autonomous Brainless Undulating Robot

By Rebecca Boyle

how-it-works illustration of an Underground Robot Library
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How It Works: Underground Robot Library

By Kalee Thompson

Will People Alive Today Have the Opportunity to Upload Their Consciousness to a New Robotic Body?
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Will People Alive Today Have the Opportunity to Upload Their Consciousness to a New Robotic Body?

By Clay Dillow

Video: GRASP Lab Quadcopters Play the James Bond Theme on Actual Instruments
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Video: GRASP Lab Quadcopters Play the James Bond Theme on Actual Instruments

By Clay Dillow

Video: PopSci’s Ultimate Robot Dance-Off
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Video: PopSci’s Ultimate Robot Dance-Off

By Corinne Iozzio

Video: Robotic Lego Forearm Can Wave Hello and Pour You a Drink
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Video: Robotic Lego Forearm Can Wave Hello and Pour You a Drink

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: PopSci’s Favorite Japanese Fembot Gets a Modeling Job at the Mall
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Video: PopSci’s Favorite Japanese Fembot Gets a Modeling Job at the Mall

By Clay Dillow

Chili Crab Dinner Inspires Robot That Crawls Down Your Throat To Grab Your Cancer
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Chili Crab Dinner Inspires Robot That Crawls Down Your Throat To Grab Your Cancer

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Swarm of Tiny Quadcopters Do a Delicate Dance
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Video: Swarm of Tiny Quadcopters Do a Delicate Dance

By Clay Dillow

Survey Establishes What Kids Want From Robots: Homework Help and Friendship
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Survey Establishes What Kids Want From Robots: Homework Help and Friendship

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Rescuing Disaster Victims With Snake Robots Deployed By Dogs
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Video: Rescuing Disaster Victims With Snake Robots Deployed By Dogs

By Rebecca Boyle

Robotic Pillow Cradles Your Head With Machine Comfort
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Robotic Pillow Cradles Your Head With Machine Comfort

By Susannah F. Locke

Cyborg Insects Could be Powered by the Bugs’ Own Digestion
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Cyborg Insects Could be Powered by the Bugs’ Own Digestion

By Clay Dillow

The USAF’s X-37B Secret Space Plane Appears to Be Tracking China’s New Space Station
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The USAF’s X-37B Secret Space Plane Appears to Be Tracking China’s New Space Station

By Clay Dillow

Video: Leaping Lizards’ Helpful Tails Inspire New Robot Design
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Video: Leaping Lizards’ Helpful Tails Inspire New Robot Design

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: The World’s First Stretchable, Elastic Electrical Cord
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Video: The World’s First Stretchable, Elastic Electrical Cord

By Clay Dillow

An Art Installation Sculpted by a Team of Swarming Autonomous Flying Robots
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An Art Installation Sculpted by a Team of Swarming Autonomous Flying Robots

By Clay Dillow

Video: Japanese Robotic Polar Bear Gently Smacks Snorers in the Face
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Video: Japanese Robotic Polar Bear Gently Smacks Snorers in the Face

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Adorable Robot Rides Fixed-Gear Bicycle
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Video: Adorable Robot Rides Fixed-Gear Bicycle

By Dan Nosowitz

Mask-Bot Displays 3-D Human Faces With a Plastic Superstructure
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Mask-Bot Displays 3-D Human Faces With a Plastic Superstructure

By Rebecca Boyle

Albino Robot Spider Clambers Through Dangerous Spots on 8 Legs
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Albino Robot Spider Clambers Through Dangerous Spots on 8 Legs

By Rebecca Boyle

Robotic Venus Flytraps Will Trap Bugs and Eat Them For Fuel
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Robotic Venus Flytraps Will Trap Bugs and Eat Them For Fuel

By Rebecca Boyle

Passive-Walking Robot Can Stroll Downhill Forever With No Power Source
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Passive-Walking Robot Can Stroll Downhill Forever With No Power Source

By Rebecca Boyle

PR2 Robot Learns to Scoop Up Distasteful Matter
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PR2 Robot Learns to Scoop Up Distasteful Matter

By Rebecca Boyle

New Robot Arm Uses Static Cling to Grab Objects in Zero-G, From Satellites to Space Junk
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New Robot Arm Uses Static Cling to Grab Objects in Zero-G, From Satellites to Space Junk

By Rebecca Boyle

Enhancing Robots’ Senses of Touch By Giving them Human-Like Fingerprints
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Enhancing Robots’ Senses of Touch By Giving them Human-Like Fingerprints

By Clay Dillow

Agriculture Continues to Plow Into the Future, Now With Autonomous Robot Tractors
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Agriculture Continues to Plow Into the Future, Now With Autonomous Robot Tractors

By Sean Kane

State of the Bionic Art: The Best Replacements for My Flimsy Human Parts
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State of the Bionic Art: The Best Replacements for My Flimsy Human Parts

By Dan Nosowitz

A New Generation of Throwbots is Ready to Be Flung Into Battle
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A New Generation of Throwbots is Ready to Be Flung Into Battle

By Clay Dillow

Sandia’s Gemini-Scout: A Rescue Robot Optimized for Mining Disasters
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Sandia’s Gemini-Scout: A Rescue Robot Optimized for Mining Disasters

By Clay Dillow

Video: Mabel the Robot Sets Speed Record For Bipedal Running
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Video: Mabel the Robot Sets Speed Record For Bipedal Running

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Minesweeping Tank-Bot Shreds Land Mines, Rolling Through Explosions With Ease
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Video: Minesweeping Tank-Bot Shreds Land Mines, Rolling Through Explosions With Ease

By Rebecca Boyle

American Soccer Robots Dominate at the World RoboCup 2011
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American Soccer Robots Dominate at the World RoboCup 2011

By Rebecca Boyle

Inside ITER
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Inside the World’s Largest Fusion Reactor

By Brooke Borel

Video: Japanese Silicone-Skinned Dental Patient-Bot Flinches and Gags Just Like a Real Person, Only Much Creepier
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Video: Japanese Silicone-Skinned Dental Patient-Bot Flinches and Gags Just Like a Real Person, Only Much Creepier

By Rebecca Boyle

Japanese PossessedHand Electric Wristband Moves Your Fingers For You
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Japanese PossessedHand Electric Wristband Moves Your Fingers For You

By Dan Nosowitz

Obama Announces $500 Million Investment in Robots and Other Advanced Manufacturing Tech
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Obama Announces $500 Million Investment in Robots and Other Advanced Manufacturing Tech

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Japanese Robot Torso Hugs You Back
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Video: Japanese Robot Torso Hugs You Back

By Dan Nosowitz

Video: Automatic Butcherbot Debones 1,500 Whole Chickens Per Hour
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Video: Automatic Butcherbot Debones 1,500 Whole Chickens Per Hour

By Dan Nosowitz

Celebrity Scandal Revealed: Last Week’s Hottest Japanese Pop Star Isn’t a Real Human
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Celebrity Scandal Revealed: Last Week’s Hottest Japanese Pop Star Isn’t a Real Human

By Clay Dillow

Video: Introducing Kilobot, a Swarm Robot Cheap Enough to Actually Swarm
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Video: Introducing Kilobot, a Swarm Robot Cheap Enough to Actually Swarm

By Clay Dillow

Video: Robot Roommates Prepare and Serve a German Sausage Breakfast
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Video: Robot Roommates Prepare and Serve a German Sausage Breakfast

By Rebecca Boyle

How Darpa’s Tiny Robotic Hummingbird Hovers and Films
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How Darpa’s Tiny Robotic Hummingbird Hovers and Films

By Joshua Saul