Future Spanish companies team up to create the first paella-cooking robot May 7, 2021 - Updated on May 9, 2021
News New class of actuators gives nanobots legs (that work) August 26, 2020 - Updated on November 8, 2022
Mind & Brain Talkative robots make humans chat too — especially robots that show ‘vulnerability’ March 9, 2020
Biology The world’s first ‘living machines’ can move, carry loads, and repair themselves January 14, 2020
Electronics Robotic, seahorse-inspired tail can help people maintain balance through sickness or hard work August 7, 2019
News New research plans to keep drones in the air longer by giving them the ability to land March 14, 2019
News MIT’s newest, diminutive robot can do backflips and outrun you in every single way March 5, 2019
News Researchers design the first soft robot that moves like a plant January 29, 2019 - Updated on May 31, 2020
News Artificial intelligence still has severe limitations in recognizing what it’s seeing January 8, 2019
News Search and rescue operations might soon call on foldable drones to find victims December 14, 2018
News Novel video shows what drone impacts can do to planes. Spoiler alert: it’s very, very bad October 18, 2018 - Updated on February 15, 2019
News Tiny, new-generation robot can walk on land, water, or swim — while being downright adorable July 3, 2018
News Curiosity’s taking selfies as Opportunity braves the storm June 19, 2018 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Product Review Product Review: iLife V8 Smart Robotic Vacuum June 14, 2018 - Updated on June 15, 2018
News Nightmarish but brilliant blobs — AI-generated nudes would probably make Dali jealous March 30, 2018
Electronics ‘Self-aware’, predatory, digital slug mimics the behavior of the animal it was modeled on March 5, 2018
Biology A worm’s brain was uploaded to a hard drive and put to the test — without a single line of code February 7, 2018 - Updated on March 5, 2018
News Scottish supermarket hires bot, sacks him after only one week, says retail robots “unlikely” January 22, 2018
Inventions New “soft robots” are strong enough to lift heavy weights, delicate enough to pluck a raspberry January 5, 2018
News Google’s AlphaZero surpassed the sum of human chess knowledge — in 4 hours December 7, 2017 - Updated on December 14, 2017
Health A Chinese AI passed the national medical licensing exam, so technically it’s a doctor November 20, 2017 - Updated on November 21, 2017
News Australian Committee thinks it should be OK for drunk people to use autonomous cars October 5, 2017
Chemistry World’s first molecular robot could usher in a whole new age of miniaturization October 3, 2017
News Artificial muscle lifts 1,000 times its own weight, brings us closer to humanoid bots September 21, 2017