Robots

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Roomba
Technology

Roomba’s flagship vacuum learns your home and empties its own dirt—for a price

By Rob Verger

rover robot
Technology

Self-driving, burrito-carrying rovers are going to talk to us with their eyes

By Rob Verger

Smart foam and artificial intelligence could help robots know if they’re injured
Technology

Smart foam and artificial intelligence could help robots know if they’re injured

By Rob Verger

Thought-reading AI helps a person with quadriplegia play Guitar Hero
Technology

Thought-reading AI helps a person with quadriplegia play Guitar Hero

By Charlie Wood

A piece of blue fabric with electronics attached
Technology

Slipping into this ‘skin’ turns any object into a robot

By Kat Eschner

Kids aren’t reading enough. One solution? Robots.
Technology

Kids aren’t reading enough. One solution? Robots.

By Kat Eschner

Humans have a hard time ‘killing’ robots, especially when they beg for their lives
Technology

Humans have a hard time ‘killing’ robots, especially when they beg for their lives

By Eleanor Cummins

a tiny robot next to a penny
Environment

Itsy bitsy spider robots might crawl around inside you one day

By Kat Eschner

Disney robot Stuntronics
Technology

Disney is turning to robots to pull off dangerous aerial feats

By Rob Verger

dog
Technology

Robotic noses could be the future of disaster rescue—if they can outsniff search dogs

By Eleanor Cummins

Scientists taught a spider how to jump so they can one day do the same for robots
Environment

Scientists taught a spider how to jump so they can one day do the same for robots

By Neel Patel

How Popular Science covered the Empire State Building’s 1931 opening
Technology

How Popular Science covered the Empire State Building’s 1931 opening

By Kenneth M. Swezey

Exclusive first look: Daisy is Apple’s new robot that eats iPhones and spits out recyclable parts
Gear

Exclusive first look: Daisy is Apple’s new robot that eats iPhones and spits out recyclable parts

By Stan Horaczek

Cool, weird, and gross stuff we played with at Toy Fair 2018
Technology

Cool, weird, and gross stuff we played with at Toy Fair 2018

By Stan Horaczek

We’re told to fear robots. But why do we think they’ll turn on us?
Technology

We’re told to fear robots. But why do we think they’ll turn on us?

By Steven Pinker

It’s 2018 and robots still won’t do our laundry
Technology

It’s 2018 and robots still won’t do our laundry

By Eleanor Cummins

This squishy little robot can lift 1,000 times its own weight
Technology

This squishy little robot can lift 1,000 times its own weight

By Rachel Feltman

Buildings of the future might be constructed by swarms of robots
Technology

Buildings of the future might be constructed by swarms of robots

By Zach and Kelly Weinersmith

Researchers just figured out how to get robots to join forces
Technology

Researchers just figured out how to get robots to join forces

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Before trying robot judges, let’s learn from robot referees
Technology

Before trying robot judges, let’s learn from robot referees

By Nicole Wetsman

Soft plant-inspired robot navigates a maze
Technology

Plant-inspired soft robot grows to reach difficult places

By Kelsey D. Atherton

robot
Technology

This gecko-inspired robot could help solve our space debris dilemma

By Cassidy Mayeda

Now kids can easily program a complex robot to recognize a smile
Technology

Now kids can easily program a complex robot to recognize a smile

By Rob Verger

This micro-robot mimics the ingenious grasp of a Venus flytrap
Technology

This micro-robot mimics the ingenious grasp of a Venus flytrap

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle
Technology

The Air Force wants you to know about its secret robotic spacecraft, the X-37B

By Kelsey D. Atherton

iRobot Braava Jet 240 Mopping Robot Review
Technology

iRobot Braava Jet 240 Mopping Robot Review

By Popular Science Team

These hot robots will help us find life on icy moons
Technology

These hot robots will help us find life on icy moons

By Kate Baggaley

Viryl WarmTone Record Press
Technology

Vinyl is back. But until now, record-making has been stuck in the ’80s.

By Corinne Iozzio

This robot is perfectly designed to drill tiny tunnels in your skull
Technology

This robot is perfectly designed to drill tiny tunnels in your skull

By Rachel Feltman

Minitaur in snow
Technology

A new legged robot wants to wobble, crawl, and bounce its way into the market

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A micrometer robot at rest and activated
Technology

Researchers in Japan just created a tiny, amoeba-inspired robot

By Kelsey D. Atherton

eccerobot
Technology

Let’s use humanoid robots to grow transplant organs

By Sarah Fecht

Audio engineering is making call center robots more ‘human’ and less annoying
Technology

Audio engineering is making call center robots more ‘human’ and less annoying

By Sonia Weiser

Sorry, but these pollinating robots can’t replace bees
Environment

Sorry, but these pollinating robots can’t replace bees

By Mary Beth Griggs

Transparent, Gel-based Robot
Technology

Watch a squishy robot oh-so-gently catch a fish

By Kelsey D. Atherton

This soft robot hugs your heart to help keep it pumping
Technology

This soft robot hugs your heart to help keep it pumping

By Sarah Fecht

This little robot can jump three feet in the air
Technology

This little robot can jump three feet in the air

By Michael Koziol

Balloon-Bodied Bipedal Bot Bounces Beautifully
Technology

Balloon-Bodied Bipedal Bot Bounces Beautifully

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Alrobot And Operator
Technology

Iraq’s War Robot Makes Battlefield Debut At Mosul

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Four-Legged Robot Can Open Doors
Technology

Four-Legged Robot Can Open Doors

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Giant Fighting Robot Tests Pilot Safety Features
Technology

Giant Fighting Robot Tests Pilot Safety Features

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Walmart Patents Robot Carts For Better Shopping
Technology

Walmart Patents Robot Carts For Better Shopping

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Marine Corps Commandant Wants Robots To Assist With ‘Dirty’ Work
Technology

Marine Corps Commandant Wants Robots To Assist With ‘Dirty’ Work

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Laser Movable Mosquito Killer Robot
Technology

This Robotic Tank Wants To Kill Mosquitoes With A Laser

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Autonomous Tractor Concept Takes The Farmers Out Of Farming
Environment

Autonomous Tractor Concept Takes The Farmers Out Of Farming

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A Man’s Thoughts Controlled Robots Inside A Cockroach
Technology

A Man’s Thoughts Controlled Robots Inside A Cockroach

By Kate Baggaley

The Octobot
Technology

Harvard 3D Printed A Soft Robot Octopus

By Kelsey D. Atherton

solar panel factory on the moon
Science

A Robot Army To Build Solar Panels (On The Moon)

By Sarah Fecht

Tiny, Soft Robotic Caterpillar Creeps, Climbs, And Crawls
Technology

Tiny, Soft Robotic Caterpillar Creeps, Climbs, And Crawls

By Coby McDonald

Watch A Man Get Tattooed By An Industrial Robot Arm
Technology

Watch A Man Get Tattooed By An Industrial Robot Arm

By Kate Baggaley

Australia’s SwagBot is A Robot Shepherd
Environment

Australia’s SwagBot is A Robot Shepherd

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Alter the robot
Technology

Do Not Fear This Robot

By Dave Gershgorn

Watch A German Robot Grill Sausages To Perfection
Technology

Watch A German Robot Grill Sausages To Perfection

By Paul Adams

Watch The Boston Dynamics Robot Take A Surreal Hike In The Woods
Technology

Watch The Boston Dynamics Robot Take A Surreal Hike In The Woods

By Carl Franzen

Biohybrid sea slug robot
Technology

Sea Slug Provides The Muscle For Tiny Robot

By Coby McDonald

Super-Ripped Robot Mimics Human Muscle
Technology

Super-Ripped Robot Mimics Human Muscle

By Samantha Cole

NAO Robot Assists Doctor
Technology

MIT’s Robot Assistant Gives Nurses A Second Opinion

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Bomb Squad Robot Drives Up Ramp
Technology

Police Used Bomb Disposal Robot To Kill A Dallas Shooting Suspect

By Dave Gershgorn

A Bio-Hybrid Stingray Robot Powered By Rat Muscle
Technology

A Bio-Hybrid Stingray Robot Powered By Rat Muscle

By Coby McDonald

Uber Parking Lot Patrolled By Security Robot
Technology

Uber Parking Lot Patrolled By Security Robot

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Tiny Rocket Could One Day Deliver Meds Or Hunt For Cancer In Your Body
Technology

Tiny Rocket Could One Day Deliver Meds Or Hunt For Cancer In Your Body

By Coby McDonald

Locust with electrode attached to its back
Technology

Brain-Jacked Locusts Could Be The Next Bomb Detectors

By Coby McDonald

A Silicon Valley Startup Is Building Pizza-Making Robots
Technology

A Silicon Valley Startup Is Building Pizza-Making Robots

By Ryan F. Mandelbaum

RAMSEE Is A Security Guard Robot With Infrared Vision
Technology

RAMSEE Is A Security Guard Robot With Infrared Vision

By Kelsey D. Atherton