Latest Robots Stories
Major League Baseball is nearing the era of the robot umpire
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Rayvon Fouché/The Conversation
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Google taught a robot dog new tricks by having it mimic the real thing
These fold-up robots fly just like ladybugs
Robotic exoskeletons are storming out of sci-fi and onto your squishy human body
These tiny living robots could help science eavesdrop on cellular gossip
This harpoon-throwing robot is designed to hunt destructive lionfish
The PigeonBot flies like a bird but won’t poop like one
CES 2020: Faceless, furry robots and other quirky gadgets from day one
182,000 Indians clean sewers largely by hand. These robots could help.
The inside scoop on Charmin’s fake poop (and how it helps keep your butt clean)
Roomba’s new flagship robot is an expensive way to clean your home’s corners
Squishy robots now have squishy computers to control them
How to make a light-following robot in one afternoon
MIT is teaching a robot to beat you at Jenga
This may be the friendly robot face you see before you die
Artificial intelligence made this robot dog a very good boy
Roomba’s flagship vacuum learns your home and empties its own dirt—for a price
Self-driving, burrito-carrying rovers are going to talk to us with their eyes
Smart foam and artificial intelligence could help robots know if they’re injured
Thought-reading AI helps a person with quadriplegia play Guitar Hero
Slipping into this ‘skin’ turns any object into a robot
Kids aren’t reading enough. One solution? Robots.
Humans have a hard time ‘killing’ robots, especially when they beg for their lives
Itsy bitsy spider robots might crawl around inside you one day
Disney is turning to robots to pull off dangerous aerial feats
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Robotic noses could be the future of disaster rescue—if they can outsniff search dogs
Scientists taught a spider how to jump so they can one day do the same for robots
How Popular Science covered the Empire State Building’s 1931 opening
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Kenneth M. Swezey
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Exclusive first look: Daisy is Apple’s new robot that eats iPhones and spits out recyclable parts
Cool, weird, and gross stuff we played with at Toy Fair 2018
We’re told to fear robots. But why do we think they’ll turn on us?
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Steven Pinker
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It’s 2018 and robots still won’t do our laundry
This squishy little robot can lift 1,000 times its own weight
Buildings of the future might be constructed by swarms of robots
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Zach and Kelly Weinersmith
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Researchers just figured out how to get robots to join forces
Before trying robot judges, let’s learn from robot referees
Plant-inspired soft robot grows to reach difficult places
This gecko-inspired robot could help solve our space debris dilemma
Now kids can easily program a complex robot to recognize a smile
This micro-robot mimics the ingenious grasp of a Venus flytrap
The Air Force wants you to know about its secret robotic spacecraft, the X-37B
iRobot Braava Jet 240 Mopping Robot Review
These hot robots will help us find life on icy moons
Vinyl is back. But until now, record-making has been stuck in the ’80s.
This robot is perfectly designed to drill tiny tunnels in your skull
A new legged robot wants to wobble, crawl, and bounce its way into the market
Will someone invent a smart lawn-watering robot that finds dry spots?
Researchers in Japan just created a tiny, amoeba-inspired robot
Let’s use humanoid robots to grow transplant organs
Audio engineering is making call center robots more ‘human’ and less annoying
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Sonia Weiser
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Sorry, but these pollinating robots can’t replace bees
Watch a squishy robot oh-so-gently catch a fish
This soft robot hugs your heart to help keep it pumping
Russian special forces may get a robot tanklet
This little robot can jump three feet in the air
Balloon-Bodied Bipedal Bot Bounces Beautifully
Iraq’s War Robot Makes Battlefield Debut At Mosul
Tiny Fabric-Clinging Robots Are A Fashion Statement
Crowdfund The Knightscope Security Robot Today
Four-Legged Robot Can Open Doors
Giant Fighting Robot Tests Pilot Safety Features
In New Jersey, Bomb Disposal Robot Worked As Designed
A Primer On How Self-Replicating Robots Could Conquer The Universe