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Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have spent a number of years developing modular snake-like robots for all kinds of purposes, and the latest adaptation sees its serpent-inspired tech headed underwater. The team has developed a submersible SnakeBot capable of navigating tight spaces, wh...

There's the official way, and the hypothetical don't-try-this-at-home way.

Their makers say they offer confidence to shoppers whose awareness of hygiene has been piqued by the pandemic. A recent survey suggests they are right.

Are you 100% sure that your children are brushing their teeth properly? A New York-based startup called Willo has been working for several years on a device that should transform the tooth-brushing experience for children. Willo isn’t a new toothbrush — electric or not. It’s an oral care device that...

The Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department has a new team member: Turfy McTankface.

From afar they are almost indistinguishable from humans and are being used to provide simple services in businesses.

In a viral video watched by nearly 7 million people so far, YouTuber Michael Reeves taught the Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog to pee out beer on command.

Delivery service will eventually expand to other locations as part of partnership between pizza company and startup Nuro

Hoping to capitalise on a surge in demand for home deliveries, a Singapore technology company has deployed a pair of robots to bring residents their groceries in one part of the city state.

A new Transformers toy is available for pre-order.

[Jeremy Fielding] is rightly impressed with the power and precision of industrial robot arms. The big arms that you see welding cars on assembly lines and the like are engineering feats in their ow…

This is terrifying.

Happy Robotics Week, to those who celebrate. I know a lot of us are unable to be with our loved ones this year, which means no robotics tree, robotics baskets full of robot eggs and green robot beer. Still, the National Robotics Week organization is putting on a bunch of virtual events across 50 sta...

Slick, viral videos from Boston Dynamics are impressive but teaching a robot to walk by itself is a lot harder.

After social distancing measures forced layoffs in labor-intensive factories, manufacturers turned to automation, despite the high cost. Now, they aren't going back.

Three years of underground robotics competitions culminate in a final event in September with $5 million in prize money

If a robot worker makes a mistake on the job, or annoys customers, businesses may not give it a pink slip and a cardboard box for its office belongings, but companies may be forced to shut down these ...

This robotic toy promises to keep your pets entertained while you’re busy.

Boston Dynamics robotic dog Spot was one of several robots tested by the French army during training sessions at a military school in the northwest of France.

We hope you are ready to welcome your robot overlords, because it appears that day has finally arrived. Luckily, those robots are not in terminator form, b

   

What could possibly go wrong?

The growing population of avatars that use AI smarts to interact with us is a major clue

To execute the flight maneuvers as true to life as possible, the wings are modeled on the plumage of birds. The individual lamellae are made of an ultralight, flexible but very robust foam and lie on top of each other like shingles. Connected to a carbon quill, they are attached to the actual hand a...