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After building a collection of increasingly more lifelike humanoid robots, including Erica and Ibuki, Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro is now focusing on making them better at interacting with people.

The US Navy has successfully carried out a demonstration of a high-energy laser weapon installed in a warship. On May 16, 2020, the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) locked onto and disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with its Solid-State Laser - Technology Maturation (SSL-T...

Why land a drone to pick up a package when it can snatch it from a robot arm without stopping?

The novel coronavirus disease has reminded millions that handwashing is a great way to avoid preventable diseases. Christine Schindler, the CEO and co-founder of PathSpot, has been preparing for the past three months for the past three years. “I’ve been obsessed with handwashing,” Schindler said, wh...

The combination of recent advances in 3D vision, AI, and smaller but more accurate robots can now help logistics operators with depalletization.

Perovskite and dye-sensitized solar cells could efficiently power indoor devices—and curb battery waste

Sphero is perhaps best known for its mini Star Wars droids, but the company also makes edutainment bots for kids. And now the firm has turned its Public Safety Division into a brand new company focused on developing robots and AI software for emergency personnel, government and defense clients, and ...

GE Research is developing worm-like robots that dig tunnels for military applications.This project is part of a 15-month, $2.5-million DARPA project.

Japan’s Gakutensoku was a giant pneumatic automaton that toured through Asia—until it mysteriously disappeared

Remember those toys that sprang up into the air after you pushed them down? They're called poppers, and they've inspired an actuator that could one day allow soft-bodied robots to jump across rough terrain.

Scientists have developed an artificial eye that could provide vision for humanoid robots, or even function as a bionic eye for visually impaired people in the future. Researchers from the Hong Kong

With more time spent at home these days, we are forced to start coming up with different ways to keep ourselves fed. While takeout is an excellent alternative to cooking, it can quickly turn into a money-draining habit, especially with added delivery fees. The Tovala Smart Oven + Fresh Meal Delivery...

Developed by a Sudanese engineer, the ventilator uses recycled air

Flexible robotic surgical devices show a lot of promise, as they're able to move through delicate parts of the body without causing damage. And thanks to a new system, it could soon be cheaper, safer and easier to track where they are within the patient.

$200,000 prize money is available for solutions to challenges that are posed by four leading nonprofits.

Rocos is the latest partner of Boston Dynamics to add capabilities to its Spot quadruped. Its cloud platorm provides remote management for industrial uses.

Boston Dynamics’ dog-like Spot robot can now be remotely controlled from anywhere in the world thanks to a partnership with cloud-based software platform Rocos. To demonstrate its new capabilities the US team remotely monitored the robot working on an isolated farm in New Zealand.

Gravity is a nice thing to have most of the time, but sometimes it would be nice to be able to ignore it for certain applications. Rock climbing, for example, would be much easier, as would perform…

I found an interesting possibility though, at least for my 8-year old: virtual robotics camp. More Zoom, yes, but Zoom with Robots! While UBTECH’s Camp:Aspire is an interesting stay-at-home STEM option, it’s not the only game in town.

A basketball hoop that doesn’t let you miss seems like it would vastly improve the game of basketball.

Samsung has backed a startup that makes realistically-lit fake windows.

For many of us, our microwaves and dishwashers aren’t the first thing that come to mind when trying to glean health information, beyond that we should (maybe) lay off the Hot Pockets and empty the dishes in a timely way.

Welcome to a new way to diagnose COVID-19. The beauty of Butterfly's approach to telemedicine is that you don't have to know a thing about ultrasound systems to use it.

This smart image sensor uses digital signal processing of machine learning algorithms to decode what it "sees"