Robots (Page 6)

The latest creations and innovations in automated machines.

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Blue robotic arm in factory working on assembly line with plywood materials

Workplace automation could affect income inequality even more than we thought

manta ray-inspired swimming robot

How engineers taught a manta ray-inspired robot the butterfly stroke

By Charlotte Hu

Onlookers film and photograph Boston Dynamics' Spot robot at a showcase

Boston Dynamics starts a legal dog fight with competitor Ghost

Amazon Sparrow robot sorting products into boxes at warehouse facility

New robot moves Amazon towards increased warehouse automation

Pillbug curled into ball

Scientists developed a microrobotic finger that can tickle a bug

Springtail insect under the microscope

One of nature’s tiniest acrobats inspired a leaping robot

Code as Policies robot demo at Google AI event

Google is testing a new robot that can program itself

By Harry Guinness

Quadrupedal robot with arm attachment walking across grass

AI can teach robot dogs tricks for cheap

hydrogel swimming robot

Watch this penny-sized soft robot paddle with hydrogel fins

By Charlotte Hu

Harvard robotic arm with tentacle filaments gripping succulent plant

This spooky robot uses inflatable tentacles to grab delicate items

Two armed laundry folding robot folding a t-shirt

Meet the world’s speediest laundry-folding robot

ping pong paddle and ball

Google is training robots to interact with humans through ping pong

By Harry Guinness

ART turtle robot on the grass

ART, the turtle robot, gets by swimmingly in water and on land

By Sara Kiley Watson

Walgreens Retail Store Exterior at night

Your upcoming Walgreens prescription may be refilled by a machine

Tesla Optimus robot prototype dancing on stage

Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot can shuffle across stage, ‘raise the roof’

The Navy’s robot pilots could one day outnumber its human ones

The Navy’s robot pilots could one day outnumber its human ones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Cassie bipedal robot running on relay track

This robot broke a Guinness World Record for the 100-meter dash

An AI called Dragonfly is helping design faster-charging batteries

An AI called Dragonfly is helping design faster-charging batteries

By Harry Guinness

Researchers made a robot that knows how to laugh with you

Researchers made a robot that knows how to laugh with you

By Charlotte Hu

Amazon robotics working working on assembly line

Amazon’s tech empire is expanding into mechatronics

Iran grabbed two of the Navy’s Saildrones earlier this month. Why?

Iran grabbed two of the Navy’s Saildrones earlier this month. Why?

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Are we ready for our Uber Eats orders to arrive via robot?

Are we ready for our Uber Eats orders to arrive via robot?

a robot moving along the corridors of a hotel

Robot-run hotels are here, but guests have mixed reviews

By Charlotte Hu

Everyday Robots helper robot picking up snack bar off of table

Google’s new robot butler was trained on social media and Wikipedia articles

YouTube screenshot of snake using DIY invention to walk with robot legs

Watch a snake wearing robot trousers strut like a lizard

Telexistence shelving robot TX-SCARA placing item on fridge shelf

300 Japanese stores will be reshelved by robot arms next month

The Navy’s new robotic minesweeper is ready to sniff out explosives at sea

The Navy’s new robotic minesweeper is ready to sniff out explosives at sea

By Kelsey D. Atherton

boaty the autosub at sea

Boaty McBoatface has been a very busy scientific explorer

By Charlotte Hu

The US Navy floats its wishlist: 350 ships and 150 uncrewed vessels

The US Navy floats its wishlist: 350 ships and 150 uncrewed vessels

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Golf balls on forks

A peek inside Callaway’s factory reveals the complex anatomy of high-end golf balls

By Stan Horaczek

The B-21 bomber won’t need a drone escort, thank you very much

The B-21 bomber won’t need a drone escort, thank you very much

By Kelsey D. Atherton

octaglove prototype

This glove gives you the sensational powers of an octopus

By Charlotte Hu

This robot is learning about its body to adapt to new tasks.

A self-aware robot taught itself how to use its body

Why DARPA wants its robots to think like kids

Why DARPA wants its robots to think like kids

By Kelsey D. Atherton

an illustration of a robotic sensor that detects if a baseball thrown is a ball or strike. in the background is a purple filtered image of baseball articles and images

Will baseball ever replace umpires with robots?

By Bill Gourgey

The firefly robot made by MIT engineers.

MIT engineers have created tiny robot lightning bugs

By Colleen Hagerty

a robotic military dog

A new tail accessory propels this robot dog across streams

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Russia’s mine-clearing robot has its safety limitations

Russia’s mine-clearing robot has its safety limitations

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Meet the bots training alongside the Belgian Army

Meet the bots training alongside the Belgian Army

By Kelsey D. Atherton

two drones flying

The Army is testing out ‘wolfpacks’ of swarming drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Navy’s testing its new robot ship division in the Pacific this summer

The Navy’s testing its new robot ship division in the Pacific this summer

By Kelsey D. Atherton

tiny microrobot on top of a coin

A tiny crabby robot gets its scuttling orders from lasers

By Charlotte Hu

MBARI's eDNA robot in the ocean

These seawater-sipping robots use drifting genes to make ocean guest logs

By Charlotte Hu

remora fish attached to swimming manta ray

This amphibious drone hitchhikes like a suckerfish

By Charlotte Hu

A photo of robotic equipment on a farm.

Why the road to robotic farming is uncertain

By Tom Johnson / Undark

The University of Cambridge chef robot.

This robot chef can taste salt with its arm

robotic buoy floating in ocean

Whale-monitoring robots are oceanic eavesdroppers with a mission

By Charlotte Hu

Watch this wee recon robot survive almost anything

Watch this wee recon robot survive almost anything

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Flippy 2 from Miso Robotics

What robots can and can’t do for a restaurant

By Charlotte Hu

A four-legged robot with a black dog and computer programmer

Machine learning helped MIT’s cheetah robot break its own speed record

a yellow wheeled robot approaches a colony of penguins in the snow

The march of the penguins has a new star: an autonomous robot

By Lauren J. Young

birds flying across the moon at night

A moon-watching robot can demystify what migrating birds do at night

By Charlotte Hu

four cubes with copper wires wrapped around their edges that are connected electromagnetically

These shape-shifting robots could make for great furniture in space

By Tatyana Woodall

an armored personnel carrier in a field

These Russian military robots help with logistics and scouting

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Three excited kids in robotics class printing robot toys on a 3D printer

The future might be filled with squishy robots printed to order

Robotic cartographers created these colorful cave maps

Robotic cartographers created these colorful cave maps

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A prototype carrying the LAZA wing system

These robot wings use artificial muscle to flap like an insect

By Charlotte Hu

The Navy’s next robotic ship could be customizable

The Navy’s next robotic ship could be customizable

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Humans are so social that we try to fit in with robots

By Charlotte Hu

Russia’s Marker robot is a testbed for its next-gen military tech

Russia’s Marker robot is a testbed for its next-gen military tech

By Kelsey D. Atherton

a self-driving grocery robot

Nuro’s little grocery-toting robot just got a big upgrade

boaty the sub in antarctica

Boaty McBoatface’s new mission is more serious than its name

By Charlotte Hu

Starship delivery robot with two students on college campus

Looking back on the year’s most talked-about robots

By Charlotte Hu

Why the Air Force wants to put lidar on robot dogs

Why the Air Force wants to put lidar on robot dogs

By Kelsey D. Atherton