Robots (Page 5)

The latest creations and innovations in automated machines.

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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

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

Garmi aid robot attending to seated patient in lab

Meet Garmi, a robot nurse and companion for Germany’s elderly population

Small flying robot perched atop cactus

This bumblebee-inspired bot can bounce back after injuring a wing

Corn stalk leaf measuring robot parked in front of field

The corn leaf angle measuring robot is more useful than you think

Meadow grasshopper sitting on blade of grass

Leaping robots take physics lessons from grasshoppers

Soft robot inspired by gecko and inchworm moving across surface

This tiny robot grips like a gecko and scoots like an inchworm

a modified F-16 in flight

Why DARPA put AI at the controls of a fighter jet

The Icefin robot under the sea ice.

A torpedo-like robot named Icefin is giving us the full tour of the ‘Doomsday’ glacier

By Charlotte Hu

The bow of the RMS Titanic, almost 12,500 feet under the ocean.

Watch never-before-seen footage of the Titanic shipwreck from the 1980s

By Laura Baisas

Hand holding up drone disguised within taxidermy bird body

Researchers are stuffing drones into taxidermy birds to make them seem more ‘natural’

a cuttlefish in darkness

Cuttlefish have amazing eyes, so robot-makers are copying them

By Charlotte Hu

Robot painted portrait of Frida Kahlo

This robot can create finger paintings based on human inputs

Underwater snake robot from MIT

This robot eel could be the start of a new breed of ‘voxel’ robots

Quadcopter drone propelling itself underwater in swimming pool

This amphibious robot can fly like a bird and swim like a fish

Bat hanging upside down from branch

Bat-like echolocation could help these robots find lost people

Russia’s robot tanklet is being pitched as an anti-armor tool

Russia’s robot tanklet is being pitched as an anti-armor tool

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Infrared heat comparison photo of vine robot moving towards heat source

This heat-seeking robot looks and moves like a vine

Four legged robot running alongside man on sandy beach

This Korean robodog proves running on sand isn’t just for ‘Baywatch’

cornell soft robot

A squishy new robot uses syringes and physics to mosey along

By Charlotte Hu

Graphic of click beetle and robotic actuators

Acrobatic beetle bots could inspire the latest ‘leap’ in agriculture

Boston Dynamics Atlas bipedal robot tossing toolbag up to human on construction scaffolding in warehouse

Boston Dynamics’s bipedal robots can throw heavy objects now

drone on branch

It’s not a UFO—this drone is scooping animal DNA from the tops of trees

By Charlotte Hu

Scientist holding syringe next to wheeled robot with biological sensor

This robot gets its super smelling power from locust antennae

The US Navy used solar-powered Saildrones to scout in the Persian Gulf

The US Navy used solar-powered Saildrones to scout in the Persian Gulf

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Robot putting golf ball across indoor field into hole

Meet Golfi, the robot that plays putt-putt

Australia’s stealthy military drone sub will be called Ghost Shark

Australia’s stealthy military drone sub will be called Ghost Shark

By Kelsey D. Atherton

volcano erupting

Monitoring volcanoes that could explode? A drone is on it.

By Charlotte Hu

Side-by-side images of four-legged robot dog scaling a wall

The newest robot dog can scale walls and ceilings

Winged bird robot landing on wooden perch during test flight

Watch this bird-like robot make a graceful landing on its perch

Green flying snake resting on tree branch looking at camera

Flying snakes could inspire a new generation of airborne robots

This fossil-sorting robot can identify millions-year-old critters for climate researchers

This fossil-sorting robot can identify millions-year-old critters for climate researchers

By Charlotte Hu

How a robotic arm could help the US Army lift artillery shells

How a robotic arm could help the US Army lift artillery shells

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Purple sea urchins underwater releasing eggs and sperms during the mating process

Sea urchin sperm is surprisingly useful to robotics experts

By Lauren J. Young

xiaomi's cyberone robot drumming

Watch this little drummer bot stay on beat

By Charlotte Hu

Three Tmsuk spider robots meant for sewer system inspections and repairs

Spider robots could soon be swarming Japan’s aging sewer systems

Magnetic microrobots could zap the bacteria out of your cold glass of milk

By Charlotte Hu

Hair clips inspired the design for these land- and sea-based robots

Hair clips inspired the design for these land- and sea-based robots

Humanoid robot bracing itself against a wall in balance experiment with human researcher standing behind it in lab setting

Brace yourself for smarter robots that don’t fall over (as easily)

Armed police robots will be a threat to public safety. Here’s why.

Armed police robots will be a threat to public safety. Here’s why.

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This robot’s delicate touch scoops up liquid droplets without causing a splash

This robot’s delicate touch scoops up liquid droplets without causing a splash

MIT swarm robots constructing object using voxel building blocks

These robots can build almost anything—including clones of themselves

Four-legged robot walking across pile of boards and building materials during mobility test

This agile robot dog uses a video camera in place of senses