Robots (Page 7)

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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

robot fish that mimics mosquitofish predator

Need to fight invasive fish? Just introduce a scary robot

By Charlotte Hu

robot fingers grabbing egg

Engineers created a robotic hand with a gecko-like grip

By Charlotte Hu

Caltech CARL octopus-like AI robot in water

This tiny AI-powered robot is learning to explore the ocean on its own

By Charlotte Hu

Barreleye fish from a deep-sea video taken by robotic ocean rovers in Monterey Bay

Watch these rare ocean creatures caught on candid robot camera

By Purbita Saha

bird bot stanford

This bird-legged quadcopter can easily perch in the treetops

By Margo Milanowski

starbucks pickup and amazon go

Starbucks opens its first cashierless coffee shop

By Colleen Hagerty

Robots built from frog cells have unlocked the ability to self-replicate

Robots built from frog cells have unlocked the ability to self-replicate

Roomba robot vacuum and pets.

The newest Roomba is finally smart enough to avoid pet poop

By Colleen Hagerty

Meta haptic glove demo

Meta gave a sneak peek of one of its first VR wearables

By Elana Spivack

robot arms with marionettes

MIT scientists taught robots how to sabotage each other

By Charlotte Hu

DIGIT grasps marble

One of Facebook’s first moves as Meta: Teaching robots to touch and feel

By Charlotte Hu

Tank in trouble? The Army can just 3D print the part.

Tank in trouble? The Army can just 3D print the part.

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Ghost Robotics now makes a lethal robot dog

Ghost Robotics now makes a lethal robot dog

By Kelsey D. Atherton

These robots are DARPA’s hope for the future of cave warfare—or disaster relief

These robots are DARPA’s hope for the future of cave warfare—or disaster relief

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The technology behind Shrinky Dinks can make better robots

The technology behind Shrinky Dinks can make better robots

Origami and octopus inspired robo-arms could one day be used to navigate our body cavities.

This magnetic robot arm was inspired by octopus tentacles

By Charlotte Hu

Tesla's mockup for its future robots.

Tesla wants to make humanoid robots. Here’s their competition.

By Charlotte Hu

Argo float in the ocean.

These free-floating robots can monitor the health of our oceans

By Charlotte Hu

Tuna Robot With Internal Overlay

A tuna robot reveals the art of gliding gracefully through water

By Charlotte Hu

a robotic military vehicle in the snow

Meet Robbox, the robot that schleps a half-ton of supplies for special forces

By Christina Mackenzie

6 ‘Star Wars’ Technologies That May Not Be So Far, Far Away

Underwater Gliders Gather Data To Help Predict The Next Big Storm

Underwater Gliders Gather Data To Help Predict The Next Big Storm

By Shaunacy Ferro

FIRST Robot Competition Showcases Geekiness, Ingenuity and the Dreams of 12,000 Kids

FIRST Robot Competition Showcases Geekiness, Ingenuity and the Dreams of 12,000 Kids

By Rebecca Boyle

4 New Technologies That Will Carry The Weight Of War

4 New Technologies That Will Carry The Weight Of War

Behold! The Car-Size, Six-Legged Crabster

Behold! The Car-Size, Six-Legged Crabster

Two Zebro robots

‘Robot swarms’ could one day build underground shelters for humans on Mars

By Leto Sapunar

OceanOne and a human diver working together under water

Humanoid Robot Can Dive Deep Underwater, Exploring Reefs And Shipwrecks

By Mary Beth Griggs

Hydra at the DRC

Meet Hydra, The Coolest Robot Not Competing In The DARPA Robotics Challenge

Augmented Reality Or Augmented Humanity?

Augmented Reality Or Augmented Humanity?

By Daniel Grushkin

A robotic dog and its handler.

The Air Force’s new guard dogs are robots

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Stars seen from a cave.

DARPA wants cave robots that can scout ahead for threats or missing people

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Boston Dynamics Stretch robot picking up boxes

The new Boston Dynamics ‘Stretch’ robot is a mobile arm built for moving boxes

By Stan Horaczek

Breslin—the home computer that runs my house

Breslin—the home computer that runs my house

By Bill Hawkins

How To Build A Soft Robot Hand

How To Build A Soft Robot Hand

By Andrew Terranova

Spot robot opening a door with its new Arm head.

Boston Dynamics gave its dog-like robot a charging dock and an arm on its head

By Stan Horaczek

Karel Čapek's play "R.U.R." in 1921

The first ‘robots’ were made of flesh and bone

By John M. Jordan/MIT Press Reader

Boston Dynamics dancing robots atlas and spot

The Boston Dynamics robots are surprisingly good dancers

By Stan Horaczek

Thales mine system

This robotic maritime bomb squad keeps humans a safe distance away

By Christina Mackenzie

An MLB umpire calls a strike or a ball during a 2019 game.

Major League Baseball is nearing the era of the robot umpire

By Rayvon Fouché/The Conversation

Google taught a robot dog new tricks by having it mimic the real thing

These fold-up robots fly just like ladybugs

By Kate Baggaley

Robotic exoskeletons are storming out of sci-fi and onto your squishy human body

By Stan Horaczek

a tiny organism with four nubbin legs

These tiny living robots could help science eavesdrop on cellular gossip

Lionfish underwater

This harpoon-throwing robot is designed to hunt destructive lionfish

By Sara Kiley Watson

The PigeonBot flies like a bird but won’t poop like one

182,000 Indians clean sewers largely by hand. These robots could help.

182,000 Indians clean sewers largely by hand. These robots could help.

By Puja Changoiwala/Undark

The inside scoop on Charmin’s fake poop (and how it helps keep your butt clean)

The inside scoop on Charmin’s fake poop (and how it helps keep your butt clean)

By Rachel Feltman

Squishy robots now have squishy computers to control them

Squishy robots now have squishy computers to control them

How to make a light-following robot in one afternoon

How to make a light-following robot in one afternoon

By Jeremy S. Cook

MIT is teaching a robot to beat you at Jenga

MIT is teaching a robot to beat you at Jenga

Robot stops you from dying

This may be the friendly robot face you see before you die

By Stan Horaczek

Artificial intelligence made this robot dog a very good boy

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

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

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

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

By Charlie Wood

A piece of blue fabric with electronics attached

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

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

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

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

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

By Eleanor Cummins

a tiny robot next to a penny

Itsy bitsy spider robots might crawl around inside you one day

Disney robot Stuntronics

Disney is turning to robots to pull off dangerous aerial feats

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

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

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

By Kenneth M. Swezey