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The international ivory trade has been banned for over 30 years now, which means that technicians restoring ivory artifacts have to get creative in finding alternative materials. A new 3D-printable substance known as Digory appears to fit the bill nicely.

Does a robotic pet have to look and behave exactly like a real dog or cat to entice its owners to interact with it? With the Aibo Sony seems to think so, but the creators of the flatcat disagree. First revealed a couple of months ago, the robotic roadkill is finally available for sale through Kickst...

The robotic floats are equipped with a range of sensors to collect data on the chemistry and biology of the ocean.

We’ve covered Swiss robotics company ANYbotics with some regularity over the years. The company has offered its own take on the quadrupedal robotics space that has, naturally, drawn comparisons to Boston Dynamics’ Spot. Of course, as we noted earlier, the company’s take on the category has been in d...

A Hong Kong professor has developed an educational programme using role-playing robots to help children with autism improve their social skills, part of an initiative adopted by non-profit groups and schools.

Zoomorphic gestures inspired by dogs makes understanding cobots intuitive for anyone

Elon Musk said that starting next week, if you want a Tesla solar setup, you'll have to order a Powerwall battery too.

News about a military unit that is ready to use strike robots sounds scary enough, but it’s even scarier when it comes from Russia. According to an official statement, the Russian Army has set up its first unit that integrates Uran-9 robotic systems.

Cinq ingénieurs « un peu fous » ont eu l’idée, en 2016, d’envoyer des robots (intelligents) à la rescousse dans les centres de tri pour faciliter le traitement des déchets, en plus de régler des problèmes criants de main-d’œuvre.

The shadow of NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is seen during its first flight on the planet April 19, 2021. NASA's miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity performed a successful takeoff and landing on M

The event challenged these growing young minds who will someday be our future scientists and engineers.

Robotic lawnmowers have been around for more than a decade, but with self-driving technology under the hoods of makers like Husqvarna, Robomo, and others, here's why you need to buy one now.

The days of experts gathering in a sealed-off room to sip coffee and grade beans on their color, aroma and taste may be numbered.

Memic Innovative Surgery raises $96m, receives FDA authorization for Hominis system to be used in laparoscopic transvaginal benign procedures.

Running day and night, a tractor-sized robot designed by a Seattle startup uses lasers to kill weeds on acres of farm land. The machine is the latest form of automation to arrive in agriculture.

On certain days and times, select customers in Houston can have their Domino's orders delivered to them by the Nuro R2 self-driving vehicle.

What if seeing devices looked like us? Eyecam is a prototype exploring the potential future design of sensing devices. Eyecam is a webcam shaped like a human eye that can see, blink, look around and observe us.

When studying underwater marine life, it helps if you can use a device that doesn't scare the animals by appearing unnatural to them. MIT scientists have created a robo-starfish with that in mind, utilizing a new rapid development system.

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Austrian startup Printstones has been developing robotic 3D-printing robots since 2017, and has just pulled back the curtain on its latest prototype, a mobile multi-tasking construction bot called the Baubot.

After inking a deal to work together almost three years ago, U.S. supermarket chain Kroger and U.K. online grocer Ocado today took the wraps off the first major product of that deal. Kroger has launched a new Ocado-powered customer fulfillment center in Monroe, Ohio, outside of Cincinnati, a giganti...

AI and wearable cameras could help exoskeletons act a bit like autonomous vehicles

Pickle Robot Company unveiled its trailer-unloading robot, Dill, that can unload a "messy trailer" at more than 1600 picks per hour.

Quite often when objects are being 3D printed, they have to include supportive structures that are subsequently cut off and discarded. A new print bed, however, is designed to minimize or even eliminate the need for such structures, thus reducing both waste and printing time.