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NASA’s RASSOR robot is headed to the Moon, and it’s designed to dig into the surface. The robot uses a drum to scoop up lunar surface material and then transport it to new locations, bu…

Waymo robo-cars will continue to roam the streets of Phoenix, Arizona.

Pascal Kaufmann introduces us to Roboy, which represents a new generation of robots.

The HullSkater takes care of the the biofilm of algae that collects on a cargo ship’s hull, making them more efficient. Because cargo ships are such big polluters, little improvements can make a big difference.

A growing number of companies and research groups worldwide are now developing compliant sensors based on composite materials, which can have a wide range of possible applications. Composite materials, ...

With the help of machine learning, ETH researchers have developed a novel yet low-cost tactile sensor. The sensor measures force distribution at high resolution and with great accuracy, enabling robot ...

We can’t tell if the Eelume actually exists, or if it’s just a good CG and a design concept, but when we saw the video below, we wanted to start working on our version of it immediately…

A new study suggests that VSR models could perform even better if they used additional available visual information.

Diving into the autonomous submarine race, DARPA has awarded contracts to three companies as part of its Manta Ray Program. Intended to support a new generation of long-duration, long-range Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), the end goal is to produce robotic vehicles that can operate for months w...

Organized by size — light, medium, and heavy — as mechs always should be

A side-by-side comparison shows just how much Boston Dynamics' bipedal robots improved in 10 years. The progress is astounding.

We know far less about the Earth’s oceans than we do about the surface of the moon or Mars. The sea floor is carved with expansive canyons, towering seamounts, deep trenches, and sheer cliffs, most of which are considered too dangerous or inaccessible for autonomous underwater vehicles to navigate.

Tiny Mile's 'Geoffrey' robot will begin piloting food delivery via foodora in Toronto, with expansion expected in Canada later.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Some elementary students at Rockford Christian got a chance to work with robots on Thursday as a Rock Valley College professor brought a robot named Sawyer to school. …

Smarter, sleeker and suckier

Coming from a traditional motorsports background, Alan Cocks has led Roborace’s engineering team to overcome the challenge of building world’s fastest autonomous racing vehicles. Wevolver CEO Bram Geenen asked him all about standing on the crossroads between AI and very fast cars.

NASA's upgraded Autonomous Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (A-PUFFER) could find itself on a commercial lunar lander in the next few years.

Last year, drone logistics company Matternet teamed up with UPS to fly medical samples between labs and a hospital in North Carolina. Now the Californian startup has revealed the Matternet Station, where medical personnel can drop off samples for delivery by drone.

The robots spray a hydrogen peroxide solution, and cost around $130,000 apiece.

Robots can sometimes be big, clunky pieces of machinery, but at one university, engineers are developing new, more nimble robots based on creatures that live among us. Their goal: to save lives.

The aptly named Ironhand system is designed to reduce fatigue and improve strength.

Anything you can do, AI can do better.

iOS has a built-in blacklist of certain four-digit and six-digit PIN codes. But which combination of numbers are blacklisted, and does this improve security? These security researchers built a LEGO robot with a Raspberry Pi brain to help find out.