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The latest creations and innovations in automated machines.

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Robot solving Rubik's cube

In blink of an eye, robot sets new Rubik’s cube Guinness World Record

Unitree G1 humanoid robot bending limbs while sitting on couch

Worryingly bendy humanoid robot can crush nuts, slice Coke bottles

Snail robots forming a staircase to reach rock ledge

Swarm of tiny snail robots stick together to form new structures

Boston Dynamics Spot robot in puppet dog costume sitting next to regular Spot robot.

Boston Dynamics gives Spot bot a furry makeover

Why animals run faster than their robot doppelgängers… for now

By Mack DeGeurin

Close-up photos of ReachBot.

Daddy long-legs-inspired robot could one day squirm through Martian caves

By Mack DeGeurin

atlas robot goodbye

RIP Atlas, the world’s beefiest humanoid robot

By Mack DeGeurin

PaintCam Eve shooting paintballs at home

Startup pitches a paintball-armed, AI-powered home security camera

SpaceHopper robot in midair during parabolic flight test

Watch a tripod robot test its asteroid leaping skills

Two robots playing soccer

Watch two tiny, AI-powered robots play soccer

Apple’s ‘next big thing’ could be a robot butler

By Mack DeGeurin

Slide Whistle robot quartet

Watch this robotic slide whistle quartet belt out Smash Mouth’s ‘All Star’

Yuhang Hu working on Emo robot head

A robot named ‘Emo’ can out-smile you by 840 milliseconds

a fish robot in an aquarium

Get ready for the robotic fish revolution

By Annie Roth / Hakai Magazine

Aerial view of Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown

Drones offer a glimpse inside Fukushima nuclear reactor 13 years after disaster

‘Parkour’ robot dog can leap, jump, and crawl its way through complex obstacle courses

By Mack DeGeurin

woman lays on blue table with two robot arms touching her back

A robot tried to give me ‘the world’s most advanced massage’

By Annie Colbert

Concept art of cyborg jellyfish with forebody attachments

Hat-wearing cyborg jellyfish could one day explore the ocean depths

Can this robot help solve a guide dog shortage?

Can this robot help solve a guide dog shortage?

By Mack DeGeurin

Oh good, the humanoid robots are running even faster now

Oh good, the humanoid robots are running even faster now

vintage photo of scientists with a robot prototype

AI promised humanlike machines–in 1958

By Danielle Williams / The Conversation

OpenAI wants to make a walking, talking humanoid robot smarter

OpenAI wants to make a walking, talking humanoid robot smarter

By Mack DeGeurin

Researchers taught a robot dog to open a door with its leg

Researchers taught a robot dog to open a door with its leg

By Mack DeGeurin

Surgeon using spaceMIRA remote surgery tool on ISS

First remote, zero-gravity surgery performed on the ISS from Earth (on rubber)

Edible soft robot on table

This edible, wriggling robot mimics experience of eating moving food

pleurocystitid soft robot

A sea creature extinct for half a billion years inspired a new soft robot

Caption: CERT’s four-legged Robodog can manuevuer throguh cramped spaces and use sensors to spot fires, leaks, or other hazards.

A four-legged ‘Robodog’ is patrolling the Large Hadron Collider

By Mack DeGeurin

People walk past the K5 robot used by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in the Times Square subway station in New York on November 28. 2023.

NYPD retires big, egg-shaped subway surveillance robot—for now

By Mack DeGeurin

Biohybrid robot legs in underwater container

Watch this cool, useless biohybrid robot take a stroll

BMW is exploring ways to use Figure’s 5’6, 130 pound humanoid robot in its South Carolina manufacturing facility.

BMW plans to put humanoid robots in a South Carolina factory to do… something

By Mack DeGeurin

Water skimmer inspired robot atop water

These micro-robots were inspired by mini-bugs and water striders

Rendering of Astrobotic Peregrin lunar lander on moon's surface

NASA is headed for the moon next week, and it’s bringing lots of weird stuff

CyberRunner robot capable of playing Labyrinth maze game

Watch an AI-leveraging robot beat humans in this classic maze puzzle game

Tesla Optimus robot handling an egg in demo video

Tesla’s Optimus robot can now squat and fondle eggs

NeRmo mouse robot standing against blue background

Meet NeRmo, the mouse robot with backbone

1-guilla eel robot without casing

Watch this eel robot effortlessly glide underwater

Army ants building living bridge between two ledges in lab

Army ants could teach robots a thing or two

Robot dog at Hyundai factory working on car

Hyundai’s robot-heavy EV factory in Singapore is fully operational

Side by side of 3D printed robot hand gripping pen and bottle

This 3D-printed soft robotic hand has ‘bones,’ ‘ligaments,’ and ‘tendons’

Image of kilobots atop photo of bees

These robots reached a team consensus like a swarm of bees

A long torpedo-shaped fish swims among green plants. Knifefish like the black ghost knifefish are known for their shimmying motions and electrical pulses. and live in freshwater lakes and rivers in Central and South America.

Why electric knifefish ‘shimmy’

By Laura Baisas

The Marines used a ‘robotic goat’ to fire a rocket-propelled grenade

The Marines used a ‘robotic goat’ to fire a rocket-propelled grenade

By Kelsey D. Atherton

AlgaRay robot floating atop water in Antigua

This seafaring robot ‘eats’ stinky seaweed and dumps it in deep water

Animation of multiple robot hands twirling pens in computer simulation

Watch what happens when AI teaches a robot ‘hand’ to twirl a pen

This weird-looking British ship will keep an eye out for sabotage beneath the surface

This weird-looking British ship will keep an eye out for sabotage beneath the surface

By Kelsey D. Atherton

AI-designed multi-legged robots on table

AI design for a ‘walking’ robot is a squishy purple glob

Futuristic aircraft and robotic loaders dazzled at a Dallas tech summit

Futuristic aircraft and robotic loaders dazzled at a Dallas tech summit

Disney’s new bipedal robot could have waddled out of a cartoon

Disney’s new bipedal robot could have waddled out of a cartoon

By Sara Kiley Watson

Man with cerebral palsy drinking from RoboCup

College students invented an easy device for cerebral palsy patients to drink on their own

Watch robot dogs train on obstacle courses to avoid tripping

Watch robot dogs train on obstacle courses to avoid tripping

robot dog doing parjour

How researchers trained a budget robot dog to do tricks

By Harry Guinness

Electronic artificial tongue sensor

An ‘electronic tongue’ could help robots taste food like humans

Four legged robot inspired by frog

This robot trio mimics the life cycle of a frog

Animal deterring robotic wolf sentry

Robotic ‘Super Monster Wolves’ are guarding Japanese towns against bears

Chipotle automated makeline station

Watch Chipotle’s latest robot prototype plunk ingredients into a burrito bowl

Archax robotic mech suit in warehouse

This gigantic mech suit can be yours for $3 million

Skydio X10 drone flying at night

A new drone might help cops stop high-speed car chases

This massive armored vehicle has a giant plow for clearing Russian mines

This massive armored vehicle has a giant plow for clearing Russian mines

By Kelsey D. Atherton

an F-35B fighter jet

What’s in the US military’s historic lost and found: nukes, jets, and drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Tiny robot standing on perch

Mini explosions give this little robot a big bounce

Robotic origami microflier

Microflier robots use the science of origami to fall like leaves

Ascento Guard robot

The Ascento Guard patrol robot puts a cartoonish spin on security enforcement

the black hornet drone

The US military’s tiniest drone feels like it flew straight out of a sci-fi film

JAXA LEV-2 lunar probe on sand

The newest moon-bound robot will roll around like a tennis ball