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Spanish companies team up to create the first paella-cooking robot

Maybe, uhm, robots aren't so bad after all.

Automated labs are poised to revamp research forever

In some situations, the combination of AI and robots can speed up experiments by a factor of x1000.

The best gadgets and robots of 2020

This has been one heck of a year, that's for sure. Just look at this robot dog.

Robot workspace to get human touch remotely

Assemble, stitch, fasten, box, seal, ship. Wait, what can get done if assemblers, stitchers, and the others are staying at home?

A robot near you might soon have a tail to help with balance

My pets already have them so why not?

New class of actuators gives nanobots legs (that work)

Now we're going places!

Chewing robot developed to test gum as a potential drug delivery system

That's a new one for robots.

Men like futuristic sex robots, and think women do too. But women don't

This could lead to some ...interesting arguments in the future.

Talkative robots make humans chat too -- especially robots that show 'vulnerability'

Robots admitting to making a mistake can improve communication between humans -- at least during games.

Soft robot hand can sweat to keep itself cool

Inspired by human's unique ability to keep cool, researchers have designed a soft robot that sweats.

The world's first 'living machines' can move, carry loads, and repair themselves

They can move, carry loads, and repair themselves.

Scientists devise tiny robot insects that can't be crushed by a flyswatter

The soft robots are propelled by hair-thin artificial muscles.

Robotic, seahorse-inspired tail can help people maintain balance through sickness or hard work

Cosplay enthusiasts rejoice!

Fish-like robot is animated by fake 'blood'

It's scary how lifelike this robot is.

Slothbot slowly, but surely monitors the environment

Scientists were inspired by the sloth -- the master of energy conservation -- to design a hyper-energy-efficient robot.

New research plans to keep drones in the air longer by giving them the ability to land

It's always good to take a breather!

MIT's newest, diminutive robot can do backflips and outrun you in every single way

It's cool, it's small, it can do a backflip off the wall.

Steam Power Might Help in Space Exploration

NASA is funding a steam-powered spacecraft.

Researchers design the first soft robot that moves like a plant

Which is to say, slowly!

Artificial intelligence still has severe limitations in recognizing what it's seeing

They're endearingly bad at it, to be honest.

Search and rescue operations might soon call on foldable drones to find victims

A simple but elegant solution.

MIT designs and builds a plant-robot plantborg that can move towards light

Its name is Elowan and it probably comes in peace.

Novel video shows what drone impacts can do to planes. Spoiler alert: it's very, very bad

That's... surprisingly damaging!

Japanese builder-bot offers glimpse into the construction site of the future

No more heavy lifting.

Autonomous killer drone aims to save the Great Barrier Reef

Can we please call these things Star Destroyers? Please?

The Twitter discussion around vapes is grand -- and 70% filled with bots

Welcome to selling strategies, where ethics are made up and your health doesn't matter!

Novel system allows robots to learn new skills just by looking at you do it

Can it teach them how to love, though?

Rumors of Opportunity's death "very premature", despite three-weeks silence

Hang in there, buddy!

Tiny, new-generation robot can walk on land, water, or swim -- while being downright adorable

This cutesy bot hides a lot of potential.

Curiosity's taking selfies as Opportunity braves the storm

Not all of NASA's rovers are having a tough time.

Product Review: iLife V8 Smart Robotic Vacuum

With a price tag of only $250, this is a very attractive buy -- probably the best if you're shopping on a budget.

Opportunity braves the worst sand storm it's ever faced, might not make it

Come on Mars, why you gotta be like this?

How artificial intelligence is destined to revamp education

Is there anything AI won't touch?

NASA Explores the Use of Robotic Bees on Mars

Marsbees could cover a lot more ground on the Red Planet than sluggish rovers.

Nightmarish but brilliant blobs -- AI-generated nudes would probably make Dali jealous

Hard to look at, harder to look away.

Walmart silently filed a patent for robotic bees meant to pollinate crops

As bee populations dwindle, robots are made to take their place.

AI can now tell if you're a man or a woman, just by your smile

You know how everyone says 'smile' before you snap a pic? That was Skynet's plan all along!

'Self-aware', predatory, digital slug mimics the behavior of the animal it was modeled on

Printing brains on PC circuits seems to be all the rage nowadays.

Self-healing and fully recyclable electronic skin will help robots feel touch

It's not perfect but we're getting there.

A worm's brain was uploaded to a hard drive and put to the test -- without a single line of code

The distinction between brain and computer has never been blurrier.

Scottish supermarket hires bot, sacks him after only one week, says retail robots "unlikely"

Named Fabio, the robot made a definite impression with his colleagues.

New "soft robots" are strong enough to lift heavy weights, delicate enough to pluck a raspberry

The new generation of robots is softer and gentler.

Google's AlphaZero surpassed the sum of human chess knowledge -- in 4 hours

Feeling outdated yet?

Biology can help patch the flaws in our robots, metastudy reports

Life to the rescue!

Artificial origami-inspired muscle can lift up to 1,000 times its own weight

When researchers from Harvard and MIT work together on something, it's probably going to be awesome. Case in point.

A Chinese AI passed the national medical licensing exam, so technically it's a doctor

Move over, WebMD.

Australian Committee thinks it should be OK for drunk people to use autonomous cars

Drink and let the car drive!

World's first molecular robot could usher in a whole new age of miniaturization

Nanoscience just got a whole lot more interesting.

Artificial muscle lifts 1,000 times its own weight, brings us closer to humanoid bots

A step closer to forging our new robotic overlords.

MIT designs robot to be a good pedestrian and not bump into you on the sidewalk

It's had hours upon hours of simulation training to learn the basics.