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The latest creations and innovations in automated machines.

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The U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 4

What is DARPA? The rich history of the Pentagon’s secretive tech agency

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Thermal vision of a home.

A new kind of thermal imaging sees the world in striking colors

Deep underground, robotic teamwork saves the day

Deep underground, robotic teamwork saves the day

By Kurt Kleiner/Knowable Magazine

onesat robotic arm

Robot limbs could keep satellite plasma thrusters at an arm’s length

An electric cow, a robot mailman, and other automatons we overestimated

By Bill Gourgey

Chipotle worker removing peeled and sliced avocados from Autocado robot

Chipotle is testing an avocado-pitting, -cutting, and -scooping robot

Three quadruped robots standing on rocky terrain

Four-legged dog robots could one day explore the moon

The best robot vacuums

The best robot vacuums

By Jackson Cooper

a model of a Kia EV9

A look at the weird intersection of taxidermy and car design

By Kristin Shaw

A honey bee pollinates a yellow flower against a bright blue sky.

Bee brains could teach robots to make split-second decisions

By Laura Baisas

Screenshot of inching magnetic soft robot

This magnetic robot could worm its way into human blood vessels

VIPER moon rover coming down a ramp during a test at the NASA Ames Research Center

NASA’s quirky new lunar rover will be the first to cruise the moon’s south pole

Robot leg inspired by krill

This robotic leg could give machines krill-like swimming abilities

A hand wearing a smart glove playing keyboard next to computer readings of movements

This AI-powered glove could help stroke patients play the piano again

Robotic gripper holding pillbug that is gripping piece of cotton

This weird robot uses living bugs as gripping tools

Two dancers wearing Jizai Arms wearable robotic appendagees

These wearable cyborg arms were modeled after Japanese horror fiction and puppets

fake raspberry for testing robot pickers

This robot used a fake raspberry to practice picking fruit

By Charlotte Hu

This pangolin-inspired robot can curl up into a healing ball

This pangolin-inspired robot can curl up into a healing ball

Mori3 robots combined to form 3D walking shape

These 2D machines can shapeshift into moving 3D robots

Spotted lanternfly adult on leaf

This lanternfly-egg-hunting robot could mean fewer bugs to squish

By Charlotte Hu

Fire ants moving across ground

Robot dog sniffs out fire ants without the painful sting

a tunnel in a sewer system

Taiwan sent mosquito-fighting robots into its sewers

By Charlotte Hu

a drone flies over the water

Watch a ‘flying fish’ drone hover in the air and then swim underwater

By Harry Guinness

Rear side of sweating robot

This very sweaty robot measures how heat affects humans

Person underwater looking up at outer space to represent Blue Abyss training tank. Illustrated.

Inside Blue Abyss’ plan to build super-deep pools for astronauts and military bots

By Sarah Scoles

Robot arm assembling salad from ingredients

This robot ‘chef’ can follow video instructions to make a very simple salad

A robot inspired by centipedes has no trouble finding its footing

A robot inspired by centipedes has no trouble finding its footing

ZiGGY mobile EV charger connected to vehicle in parking lot.

The Dallas airport is testing out EV charging bots that roll around like suitcases

Beagle flying over an obstacle hurdle

Google engineers used real dogs to develop an agility course for robots

glider drops from navy helicopter

Watch the US Navy launch an ocean glider from a helicopter

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Gardener harvesting beets from ground.

A robot gardener outperformed human horticulturalists in one vital area

Robot arm encased in smart sweater material

Cozy knit sweaters could help robots ‘feel’ contact

Wendy's chain restaurant at night.

Wendy’s wants underground robots to deliver food to your car

By Harry Guinness

Fetch robot picking up dry erase marker off of table

This helpful robot uses a camera to find items for people with dementia

Pink clover meadow and blue sky.

This lawn-mowing robot can save part of your yard for pollinators

Two researchers standing next to Quori humanoid robot

A fleet of humanoid, open-source robots could change robotics research

Concept art of NASA EELS snake robot on icy surface of Saturn's moon, Enceladus

NASA hopes its snake robot can search for alien life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus

centipede robot

To build a better crawly robot, add legs—lots of legs

By Charlotte Hu

Stunt or sinister: The Kremlin drone incident, unpacked

Stunt or sinister: The Kremlin drone incident, unpacked

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Young panda eating branch while sitting in tree.

Researchers built a ‘SoftZoo’ to virtually test animal-inspired robots

Robot plants could be used to grow infrastructure in space from scratch

Robot plants could be used to grow infrastructure in space from scratch

By Dario Floreano and Nicola Nosengo/MIT Press Reader

Two seals laying on shore near water.

Seals provided inspiration for a new waddling robot

A robotic hand manipulates a reflective disco ball in dim lighting.

This agile robotic hand can handle objects just by touch

Berkeley Lab researcher Yan Zeng looks over the starting point at A-Lab.

Tony Stark would love this new experimental materials lab

By Jamie Helmick

The Marines are getting supersized drones for battlefield resupply

The Marines are getting supersized drones for battlefield resupply

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Robot jellyfish swarms could soon help clean the oceans of plastic

Robot jellyfish swarms could soon help clean the oceans of plastic

northern lights over the Arctic ocean

Arctic researchers built a ‘Fish Disco’ to study ocean life in darkness

By Charlotte Hu

Robot trash cans have survived a New York City field test

Robot trash cans have survived a New York City field test

By Sara Kiley Watson

Giving drones inflatable suits could help them survive crash landings

Giving drones inflatable suits could help them survive crash landings

By Sara Kiley Watson

The Terranaut is a new mine-hunting bot designed for beaches

The Terranaut is a new mine-hunting bot designed for beaches

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A new robotic seed can wriggle into soil to harvest climate data

A new robotic seed can wriggle into soil to harvest climate data

By Sara Kiley Watson

This robot dog learned a new trick—balancing like a cat

This robot dog learned a new trick—balancing like a cat

By Sara Kiley Watson

A xenobot, or a living robot, in culture, under a microscope.

Meet xenobots, tiny machines made out of living parts

By Charlotte Hu

Madagascar hissing cockroach balanced on human finger against green backdrop

Cyborg cockroaches could one day scurry to your rescue

Soft robotic hand picking up plastic ball from table

Watch a robot hand only use its ‘skin’ to feel and grab objects

Ping Pong player wearing electrode cap playing against robot ball server

Human brains have to work overtime to beat robots at Ping-Pong

figure with mixed reality headset

Meta just released a tool that helps computers ‘see’ objects in images

By Harry Guinness

Venus flytrap inspired origami robot on black backgroun

Foldable robots with intricate transistors can squeeze into extreme situations

DribbleBot four-legged robot standing behind soccer ball

MIT’s soccer-playing robot dog is no Messi, but could one day help save lives

Colombia is deploying a new solar-powered electric boat

Colombia is deploying a new solar-powered electric boat

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Watch this robotic dog use one of its ‘paws’ to open doors

Watch this robotic dog use one of its ‘paws’ to open doors

The Navy’s version of a Roomba inspects billion-dollar ships for damage

The Navy’s version of a Roomba inspects billion-dollar ships for damage

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The best robot mops will clean your home and and eliminate hassle.

The best robot mops

By Billy Cadden

Watch this Navy drone take off and land on its tail like a rocket

Watch this Navy drone take off and land on its tail like a rocket

By Kelsey D. Atherton