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Insects in nature possess amazing flying skills and can attach to and climb on walls of various materials. Insects that can perform flapping-wing flight, climb on a wall, and switch smoothly between the ...

Could AI-powered robots, such as the Unitree Go1 and the EMO, eventually replace household pets? Texas-based AI expert Dr. Harvey Castro offered his opinion on risks and benefits.

The popularity of remote food delivery skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the trend has continued to help businesses thrive years later.  Unfortunately, some of the autonomous deliv…

San Francisco may be the symbolic capital of the tech industry, and the hub of next-generation services like artificial intelligence, but when it comes to self-driving cars, city officials are clear: not so fast. The question comes to a head later this week, when a state agency decides whether to a...

South Korean humanoid robotics company Rainbow Robotics said Monday it is joining a 17.4 billion won ($13.36 million) state-run project to develop robots specialized for firefighting. Overseen by the Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence, affiliated with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy...

[Sergii] has been learning about robot simulation and wrote up a basic simulator for a robodog platform: the Unitree A1. It only took about 800 lines of code to do so, which probably makes it a goo…

When it needed to streamline its plant operations last year, apparel company Bespoke “hired” 15 AMRs to move, trace, and direct workpieces to their destinations, freeing human workers for higher-value tasks.

If medieval advances in the plough didn't lift Europe's peasants out of poverty, it was largely because their rulers took the wealth generated by the new gains in output and used it to build cathedrals instead.

They don’t look much like the dancing co-star of “Wizard of Oz,” but the clunky robots at the heart of a new program at Plymouth State University actually are scarecrows. Or used to be, before they broke down.“They had been working on and off. It’s...

Computer scientist Eakta Jain is looking at human-horse interactions for ideas about how to design robots that work well with people.

In the Star Wars universe, pit droids are little foldable robots that perform automated repairs on spacecraft and the like. They were introduced in 1999’s The Phantom Menace, and beyond the p…

Engineers have created an impressive robot called the Magnecko, which is able to climb on walls and ceilings using electro-magnetic feet.

Army Futures Command prepares to destroy autonomous, terminator-type enemy robots

Skyline Robotics just added another $3.35 million in funding, bringing its to-date raise up to $12 million. It arrives by way of a SAFE Note.

When we give AI a humanoid form, we typically choose the robot to have feminine characteristics. Are we playing on stereotypes?

Automation is taking hold at more companies, and businesses building the robots are looking for workers.

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An autonomous and sustainable robotic system for cleaning photovoltaic panels, without the use of water: this new solution, developed for Enel Green Power by a Sicilian start-up, tells a story of successful innovation.

An Estacada restaurant owner wants to set the record straight about her new helper named "Plato."

St. Elizabeth Medical Campus of the Mohawk Valley Health System has received a daVinci Xi robot that can help with surgeries and help with recovery times.

Cambridge researchers found that robots have a U-shaped" effect on companies: profits initially drop, before later rising again.

The trio of miniature bots are due to arrive at the moon aboard a lander in 2024, where they will be lowered onto the Reiner Gamma region via tethers.

Aerobotix develops robotic aircraft maintenance systems, including painting aircraft used in the Top Gun movie.