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When seeing an underwater drone for the first time, some people say "That would make a great fish-finder!". The problem is, the device's surface-located user can't always tell where the drone is, relative to themselves. That's where the Chasing F1 Fish Finder Drone comes in.

This robot puts your health at a priority.

Robotics has advanced so much that pretty much anyone can create their own robot with a DIY kit.

Propelmee, a UK startup, will test in mid-September at several UK attractions virtual tourism with an autonomous robot called Challau.

Intel Labs researchers have proposed a novel method for building a robot called “OpenBot” on just a US$50 budget.

Upon first seeing a dog-like quadruped robot for the first time, many people jokingly ask where they could buy one. Well, they can now get a fully functional miniature dog-bot of their very own via a Kickstarter campaign, for just US$195.

Endoculus will make your next colonoscopy more robotic, if not more comfortable

Researchers from Cornell University unveiled an entire robot that is teensy enough to fit most anywhere in the human body — yes, even in there — and inexpensive enough to produce on a mass scale. The walking robots are the creation of Cornell physics professor Itai Cohen, professor of physical scie...

Director of quantum hardware, Jim Clarke explains the company’s path toward “quantum practicality”

The sensor, designed to support smart home technology, can run on a 9-volt battery

HayBeeSee is looking for investors and partners as it continues developing its CropHopper robot for regular monitoring of fields.

PCB production is an underappreciated vulnerability in the global supply chain

There are now a number of heavy-lift cargo drones on the market, and they pretty much all incorporate six to eight horizontal propellers. The Avidrone 210TL is different, though, in that it goes with two sets of full rotor blades.

The mini-RCM, which uses small linear actuators in a compact, folding design, could enable robotic surgery to take up much less room.

For iRobot, much of the last several years has been devoted to making its line of home-cleaning robots smarter. There hasn’t been much in the way of new hardware in a while, as the company focuses on things like connectivity, smart home integration and smarter cleaning. This latest update touches on...

Blue Origin and its “National Team” partners Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper have delivered their full scale lunar lander mock-up to NASA. The space agency will use the engineering prototype to simulate how it could get “crew, equipment, supplies and samples off and on the vehicle” in f...

Researchers demonstrated a human-robot team in which the Army robots detects physical changes in 3D and share the info via augmented reality.

Will the robotics revolution result in fewer jobs for humans?

The best way to avoid mass surveillance is to build systems that don’t collect personal data in the first

While 3D printing technology does allow for the quicker and cheaper construction of buildings, such structures are typically made of concrete, which isn't very eco-friendly. Soon, though, it may be possible to print buildings out of local soil.

Oxis Energy’s design promises outstanding energy density, manufacturability, and safety

Future Tesla cars may come with a built-in feature that can make sure no kids are inadvertently left behind in hot cars. According to the company’s filing (via The Verge), the device uses millimeter-wave radar technology to detect movements within a vehicle and to classify its occupants. The compa...

A zinc-air battery made partly of Kevlar can be used to support weight, not just add to it

Ekso Bionics said its new EVO industrial exoskeleton was designed with user feedback and could help reduce workplace injuries.