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Lego Mindstorms Robot Sits at Computer, Plays Old-School Tetris, Wins
Technology

Lego Mindstorms Robot Sits at Computer, Plays Old-School Tetris, Wins

By Clay Dillow

Togolese Student Builds Humanoid Robot From Old TV Parts
Technology

Togolese Student Builds Humanoid Robot From Old TV Parts

By Stuart Fox

MIT’s Tiny Mechanical Muscles Could Power Tomorrow’s Robotic Gizmos
Technology

MIT’s Tiny Mechanical Muscles Could Power Tomorrow’s Robotic Gizmos

By Jeremy Hsu

Active Robotic Skylight Pumps Natural Light Into Darkened Interior Spaces
Environment

Active Robotic Skylight Pumps Natural Light Into Darkened Interior Spaces

By Clay Dillow

Japanese Geminoid F Bot Realistically Mimics Human Facial Expressions, Speech
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Japanese Geminoid F Bot Realistically Mimics Human Facial Expressions, Speech

By Clay Dillow

Adorable Laundry-Folding Robot Gives Your Towels Fastidious Attention
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Adorable Laundry-Folding Robot Gives Your Towels Fastidious Attention

By Jeremy Hsu

Video: Fastest Book Scanner Ever Captures Flipping Pages with High-Speed Camera
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Video: Fastest Book Scanner Ever Captures Flipping Pages with High-Speed Camera

By Jeremy Hsu

An Autonomous ‘Bot that Burrows Underground to Deliver Deadly Payloads
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An Autonomous ‘Bot that Burrows Underground to Deliver Deadly Payloads

By Clay Dillow

Emotional Attachment To Roombas Suggests Humans Can Love Their ‘Bots
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Emotional Attachment To Roombas Suggests Humans Can Love Their ‘Bots

By Clay Dillow

South Korean Robot English Teachers Are Go
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South Korean Robot English Teachers Are Go

By Jeremy Hsu

The Best of Toy Fair: Santa’s Workshop Comes to NYC
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The Best of Toy Fair: Santa’s Workshop Comes to NYC

By Corinne Iozzio

A Ping-Pong-Playing Terminator
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A Ping-Pong-Playing Terminator

By Brooke Borel

Robots Display Predator-Prey Co-Evolution, Evolve Better Homing Techniques
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Robots Display Predator-Prey Co-Evolution, Evolve Better Homing Techniques

By Stuart Fox

Lockheed’s HULC Super-Soldier Exoskeleton Gets More Juice
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Lockheed’s HULC Super-Soldier Exoskeleton Gets More Juice

By Jeremy Hsu

A Customizable, Anatomically Correct Robotic Girlfriend With Multiple Personalities
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A Customizable, Anatomically Correct Robotic Girlfriend With Multiple Personalities

By Clay Dillow

A Robot Buddy for Your Bicycle-Built-For-Two
Technology

A Robot Buddy for Your Bicycle-Built-For-Two

By Gregory Mone

Robotic Insects Could Pollinate Flowers and Find Disaster Victims
Environment

Robotic Insects Could Pollinate Flowers and Find Disaster Victims

By Corey Binns

Robovie-II, the Robot That Helps You Buy Groceries
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Robovie-II, the Robot That Helps You Buy Groceries

By Stuart Fox

Darpa’s Cyborg Insect Spies, Now Nuclear-Powered
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Darpa’s Cyborg Insect Spies, Now Nuclear-Powered

By Stuart Fox

Air Force Reveals Identity of Mysterious Skunkworks Stealth Drone
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Air Force Reveals Identity of Mysterious Skunkworks Stealth Drone

By Jeremy Hsu

Robotic Arm Opens Doors For the Wheelchair-Bound
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Robotic Arm Opens Doors For the Wheelchair-Bound

By Stuart Fox

Doctors Equip Yorkshire Man With Cyborg Sphincter
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Doctors Equip Yorkshire Man With Cyborg Sphincter

By Stuart Fox

How Much Power Does The Human Brain Require To Operate?
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How Much Power Does The Human Brain Require To Operate?

By Jeremy Hsu

“Spider Pill” Camera Bots Could Crawl Your Colon
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“Spider Pill” Camera Bots Could Crawl Your Colon

By Jeremy Hsu

Robots That Eat Bugs and Plants for Power
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Robots That Eat Bugs and Plants for Power

By Susannah F. Locke

The Dangers of Rogue Household Robots
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The Dangers of Rogue Household Robots

By Clay Dillow

Video: Japan’s Robot Tiles Create Infinite Walkway
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Video: Japan’s Robot Tiles Create Infinite Walkway

By Jeremy Hsu

Robotic Bear Nurse To Help The Elderly In Japan
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Robotic Bear Nurse To Help The Elderly In Japan

By Stuart Fox

Evolving Robots Learn To Lie To Each Other
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Evolving Robots Learn To Lie To Each Other

By Stuart Fox

Another League Under the Sea: Tomorrow’s Research Subs Open Earth’s Final Frontier
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Another League Under the Sea: Tomorrow’s Research Subs Open Earth’s Final Frontier

By Abe Streep

Darpa’s Self-Feeding Sentry Robot is Not a Man-Eater, Company Protests
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Darpa’s Self-Feeding Sentry Robot is Not a Man-Eater, Company Protests

By Jeremy Hsu

Twendy-One Nursebot Says Sit Up and Eat Your Jell-O
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Twendy-One Nursebot Says Sit Up and Eat Your Jell-O

By Corey Binns

Cyclone Biomass Engine Takes Next Step in Powering DARPA’s EATR Bot, a Hungry Hungry Sentinel
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Cyclone Biomass Engine Takes Next Step in Powering DARPA’s EATR Bot, a Hungry Hungry Sentinel

By Jeremy Hsu

Technology

Finding Nature’s Most Efficient Flight Mechanism

By Rebecca Boyle

Just Press “Save”
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Just Press “Save”

By Brian Ashcraft

Jamie Price, wearing a red dress shirt and jeans, holding a beer next to his homemade bartending robot named Bar2D2.
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Drink-slinging droid

By Gregory Mone

Technology

Send in the Rescue Robots

By Val Wang

Rage From the Machine: Robot Attacks Swedish Industrial Worker
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Rage From the Machine: Robot Attacks Swedish Industrial Worker

By Amber Sasse

The Future of Legs
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The Future of Legs

By Paul Adams

Technology

Robots to Fight Autism

By Val Wang

The Future of the Military — Perhaps
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The Future of the Military — Perhaps

By James Vlahos

Robots at War
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Robots at War

By Val Wang

A homemade robot at the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition in New York City.
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Robotic adventures at the FIRST competition

By Paul Gleason

Return of the Bodacious ‘Bots
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Return of the Bodacious ‘Bots

By Julia Wallace

Dude, Where’s My Flying Car (and Jetpack and Armies of Robots)?
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Dude, Where’s My Flying Car (and Jetpack and Armies of Robots)?

By Stuart Fox

Dude, Where’s My Flying Car (and Jetpack, and Robot Armies)?
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Dude, Where’s My Flying Car (and Jetpack, and Robot Armies)?

By Stuart Fox

A white remote-controlled truck with an Arduino on top of it, sitting on a gravel path near a lawn.
DIY

Arduino muscle car

By Dave Prochnow

Robotic Jellyfish On The Move
Technology

Robotic Jellyfish On The Move

By Gregory Mone

Video: The XOS Exoskeleton in Action
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Video: The XOS Exoskeleton in Action

By Gregory Mone

Building the Real Iron Man
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Building the Real Iron Man

By Gregory Mone

The Firefighting Robot
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The Firefighting Robot

By Michael Dumiak

Fake Dog, Real Benefits
Environment

Fake Dog, Real Benefits

By Gregory Mone

A WowWee Roboraptor with a flame coming out of its mouth to toast some charred marshmallows.
DIY

A fire-breathing bot

By Dave Prochnow

A monkey mask on the ground next to a skinned robotic monkey head.
DIY

Scare tactics

By Theodore Gray and Paul Wallich

U.S. Open Instant Replay: Total Accuracy, Major Fun
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U.S. Open Instant Replay: Total Accuracy, Major Fun

By Jackson Lynch

The Future of Robots
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The Future of Robots

By Ray Kurzweil. Photo essay text Eric Mika

Technology

5 paths to the walking, talking, pie-baking humanoid robot

By Gregory Mone

Technology

Robots R Us

By Ray Kurzweil

DOG OF WAR
Technology

The Army’s Robot Sherpa

By Preston Lerner

Technology

Vex Robotics Design System’s Inventor’s Guide

By Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute

mechanic fixing a car at the DARPA's Challenge
Technology

From Darpa Grand Challenge 2004DARPA’s Debacle in the Desert

By Joseph Hooper

ROCKET OF DOOM
Technology

The Man Who Mistook His Girlfriend for a Robot

By Dan Ferber