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Patient Elects to Have Hand Amputated to Make Way for a Bionic One
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Patient Elects to Have Hand Amputated to Make Way for a Bionic One

By Clay Dillow

Rolling Robot Transforms Into A Helicopter On Command, Decepticon-Style
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Rolling Robot Transforms Into A Helicopter On Command, Decepticon-Style

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Japanese Speedster Robot Levitates on a Cushion of Air
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Video: Japanese Speedster Robot Levitates on a Cushion of Air

By Clay Dillow

Girl Scout Team Patents Prosthetic Hand Device, Helping a Toddler Write For the First Time
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Girl Scout Team Patents Prosthetic Hand Device, Helping a Toddler Write For the First Time

By Rebecca Boyle

“That’s What She Said” Software Recognizes Pervy Double Entendres Automatically
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“That’s What She Said” Software Recognizes Pervy Double Entendres Automatically

By Dan Nosowitz

Now In Production: Human Skin Grown In a Robot-Controlled German Skin Factory
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Now In Production: Human Skin Grown In a Robot-Controlled German Skin Factory

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Meet FRIDA, the Dainty Factory Robot That Wants Your Job
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Video: Meet FRIDA, the Dainty Factory Robot That Wants Your Job

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Seagull Robot Takes Off And Flies On Its Own, Just Like the Real Thing
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Video: Seagull Robot Takes Off And Flies On Its Own, Just Like the Real Thing

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: 3-D-Printed Ornithopter Insect Hovers, Flapping Delicate Wings
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Video: 3-D-Printed Ornithopter Insect Hovers, Flapping Delicate Wings

By Clay Dillow

Video: Jelly-Like Artificial Muscles Improve Robotic Flexibility With Rotary Motion
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Video: Jelly-Like Artificial Muscles Improve Robotic Flexibility With Rotary Motion

By Julie Beck

Meet Japan’s Earthquake Search-and-Rescue Robots
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Meet Japan’s Earthquake Search-and-Rescue Robots

By Dan Nosowitz

Video: Lightning-Fast Finger-Bot Sets World Record for Playing iPhone Game
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Video: Lightning-Fast Finger-Bot Sets World Record for Playing iPhone Game

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: DIY Human-Powered Exoskeleton Makes You Bigger, Stronger, Funnier
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Video: DIY Human-Powered Exoskeleton Makes You Bigger, Stronger, Funnier

By Dan Nosowitz

Video: Japan’s New Goateed Geminoid Robot Is Uncomfortably Realistic
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Video: Japan’s New Goateed Geminoid Robot Is Uncomfortably Realistic

By Dan Nosowitz

Video: New Demolition Robot Rips Through Walls, Snips Rebar and Turns Concrete Into Dust
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Video: New Demolition Robot Rips Through Walls, Snips Rebar and Turns Concrete Into Dust

By Rebecca Boyle

Pigging the Unpiggable: Robots Keep Gas Lines From Blowing Up
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Pigging the Unpiggable: Robots Keep Gas Lines From Blowing Up

By Elizabeth Svoboda

Some Japanese Patients Shun Robot Helpers, Throwing High-Tech Future of Elder Care Into Doubt
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Some Japanese Patients Shun Robot Helpers, Throwing High-Tech Future of Elder Care Into Doubt

By Rebecca Boyle

Bat Ears Could Inspire New Sensing Technology For Robots and Autonomous Vehicles
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Bat Ears Could Inspire New Sensing Technology For Robots and Autonomous Vehicles

By Rebecca Boyle

Robotic Quadcopters Work In Autonomous Swarms to Build Towers
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Robotic Quadcopters Work In Autonomous Swarms to Build Towers

By Clay Dillow

Turning Microsoft’s $150 Kinect Into a $50,000 Piece of Surgical Equipment
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Turning Microsoft’s $150 Kinect Into a $50,000 Piece of Surgical Equipment

By Dan Nosowitz

In Warmup Match, Jeopardy All-Stars Defeated By IBM’s Supercomputer Watson
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In Warmup Match, Jeopardy All-Stars Defeated By IBM’s Supercomputer Watson

By Dan Nosowitz

Build Your Own DARwIn-OP, the Open-Source Humanoid Robot
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Build Your Own DARwIn-OP, the Open-Source Humanoid Robot

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Personal Massage ‘Bot Drives Around Your Back For a Gentle Caress
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Video: Personal Massage ‘Bot Drives Around Your Back For a Gentle Caress

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Scurrying Rideable Robot Platform Lets You Surf on 12 Legs
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Video: Scurrying Rideable Robot Platform Lets You Surf on 12 Legs

By Lizzie Schiffman

Professor Is Getting a Camera Surgically Implanted in the Back of His Head
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Professor Is Getting a Camera Surgically Implanted in the Back of His Head

By Clay Dillow

You Built What?! A Supersize Robotic Chess Set
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You Built What?! A Supersize Robotic Chess Set

By Gregory Mone

Video: Nurse Robot Gives Human A Sponge Bath, With Just the Right Amount of Force
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Video: Nurse Robot Gives Human A Sponge Bath, With Just the Right Amount of Force

By Julie Beck

Bat Research Inspires Disciplines Far Beyond Biology
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Bat Research Inspires Disciplines Far Beyond Biology

By Rebecca Boyle

Mint Floor-Cleaning Robot Review: A Swiffer Without the Swiffer
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Mint Floor-Cleaning Robot Review: A Swiffer Without the Swiffer

By Lizzie Schiffman

A Robot With Coffee-Filled Balloons For Hands Is The Best Grabber Yet
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A Robot With Coffee-Filled Balloons For Hands Is The Best Grabber Yet

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Incredibly Precise Robot Bowler Gets Beaten by Professional Human Bowler
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Video: Incredibly Precise Robot Bowler Gets Beaten by Professional Human Bowler

By Dan Nosowitz

World’s First Fully Robotic Surgery Performed In Montreal
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World’s First Fully Robotic Surgery Performed In Montreal

By Julie Beck

Video: A Contest For The Most Spectacularly Self-Destructive Robots
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Video: A Contest For The Most Spectacularly Self-Destructive Robots

By Julie Beck

Robots Are Stealing American Jobs, According to MIT Economist
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Robots Are Stealing American Jobs, According to MIT Economist

By Rebecca Boyle

In New Study, Babies Think A Silvery Robot Is Human, As Long As It Acts Friendly
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In New Study, Babies Think A Silvery Robot Is Human, As Long As It Acts Friendly

By Dan Nosowitz

Slovenian Robot Punches Humans in the Arm, to Test Pain Thresholds (Supposedly)
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Slovenian Robot Punches Humans in the Arm, to Test Pain Thresholds (Supposedly)

By Clay Dillow

Video: Japanese Fembot Learns to Sing By Mimicking Pop Stars
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Video: Japanese Fembot Learns to Sing By Mimicking Pop Stars

By Rebecca Boyle

Meet RatCar, a Japanese Robot Car Controlled By a Rat’s Brain
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Meet RatCar, a Japanese Robot Car Controlled By a Rat’s Brain

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Using New Learning Algorithm, Archer ‘Bot Learns How To Aim and Shoot A Bow and Arrow
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Video: Using New Learning Algorithm, Archer ‘Bot Learns How To Aim and Shoot A Bow and Arrow

By Rebecca Boyle

Headlines From 2020: Newest Hairwasher-Z Robot Recalled After Tragic Beheadings
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Headlines From 2020: Newest Hairwasher-Z Robot Recalled After Tragic Beheadings

By Rebecca Boyle

Nike Patents Back-to-the-Future-Style Self-Lacing Shoes
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Nike Patents Back-to-the-Future-Style Self-Lacing Shoes

By Clay Dillow

You Could Own A Pool-Shooting, Beer-Fetching Willow Garage Robot
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You Could Own A Pool-Shooting, Beer-Fetching Willow Garage Robot

By Paul Adams

Video: Engineers Turn Giant Robot Arm Into An Awesome F1 Simulator
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Video: Engineers Turn Giant Robot Arm Into An Awesome F1 Simulator

By Rebecca Boyle

New Japanese Telepresence Robot Pushes the Boundaries of Creepy
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New Japanese Telepresence Robot Pushes the Boundaries of Creepy

By Rebecca Boyle

Rise of the Helpful Machines
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Rise of the Helpful Machines

By Corey Binns

Video: Robot Arm Wants Nothing More Than To Master the Art of the Flapjack-Flip
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Video: Robot Arm Wants Nothing More Than To Master the Art of the Flapjack-Flip

By Rebecca Boyle

The Loneliest Humanoid in America
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The Loneliest Humanoid in America

By Jacob Ward

Self-Sustaining Robot Equipped with New Artificial Gut Eats, and Excretes, All By Itself
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Self-Sustaining Robot Equipped with New Artificial Gut Eats, and Excretes, All By Itself

By Clay Dillow

ROILA, a New Spoken Language Designed for Robots
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ROILA, a New Spoken Language Designed for Robots

By Rebecca Boyle

Faithful Willow Garage Robot Taught to Fetch Beer from Fridge
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Faithful Willow Garage Robot Taught to Fetch Beer from Fridge

By Paul Adams

Fingertip-Mounted Haptic Interface Lets You Feel Virtual 3-D Objects
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Fingertip-Mounted Haptic Interface Lets You Feel Virtual 3-D Objects

By Paul Adams

Video: “Smart Sheets” Can Self-Assemble Into Airplanes, Boats
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Video: “Smart Sheets” Can Self-Assemble Into Airplanes, Boats

By Rebecca Boyle

Robo-Baywatch: Autonomously Patrolling Robot Lifeguard Swims at 28 MPH
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Robo-Baywatch: Autonomously Patrolling Robot Lifeguard Swims at 28 MPH

By Alessandra Calderin

‘Monster Chess’ Autonomously Puts You in Check With Massive Lego Robot Pieces
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‘Monster Chess’ Autonomously Puts You in Check With Massive Lego Robot Pieces

By Clay Dillow

Video: French Robot Troupe Dances in Unison at Shanghai Expo
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Video: French Robot Troupe Dances in Unison at Shanghai Expo

By Rebecca Boyle

Robot Fish Take Over Schools, Lead Real Fish To Safety
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Robot Fish Take Over Schools, Lead Real Fish To Safety

By Rebecca Boyle

The New Face of Autism Therapy
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The New Face of Autism Therapy

By Gregory Mone

Japan Plans a Moon Base by 2020, Built by Robots for Robots
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Japan Plans a Moon Base by 2020, Built by Robots for Robots

By Clay Dillow

Video: Japanese Robot Officiates Wedding Of Two Humans
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Video: Japanese Robot Officiates Wedding Of Two Humans

By Rebecca Boyle

Robots Made Out of Cell Phones Dance, Cry, Throw Tantrums, and Talk to Each Other
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Robots Made Out of Cell Phones Dance, Cry, Throw Tantrums, and Talk to Each Other

By Rebecca Boyle

Helper Robots We Desperately Need: the HRP-2 Dishbot
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Helper Robots We Desperately Need: the HRP-2 Dishbot

By Rebecca Boyle

Japanese Government and Industry Aim for Mind-Controlled Robots and Electronics in 10 Years
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Japanese Government and Industry Aim for Mind-Controlled Robots and Electronics in 10 Years

By Jeremy Hsu

Dustbot Comes When You Call It, to Pick Up Your Garbage and Take It Away
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Dustbot Comes When You Call It, to Pick Up Your Garbage and Take It Away

By Denise Ngo

Video: Moaning Rubber Robot Mouth Simulates Human Voices, Fuels Our Human Nightmares
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Video: Moaning Rubber Robot Mouth Simulates Human Voices, Fuels Our Human Nightmares

By Denise Ngo