Lidar is fast becoming one of the most influential tools in archaeology, revealing things in a few hours what might have taken months of machete wielding and manual measurements otherwise. The latest such discovery is an enormous Mayan structure, more than a kilometer long, 3,000 years old, and seem...
A scurrying robot dog named K9 dispenses hand sanitizer to curious children and wary shoppers -- one of the more unexpected measures Thai malls are taking as the kingdom relaxes virus restrictions.
This local-to-global approach can generate lifelike human portraits from relatively rudimentary sketches.
Powdery mildew is a widespread fungal disease that attacks many crops. And while it typically has to be treated using fungicides, special ultraviolet light-emitting robots could soon prove to be a better way to go.
We’re getting closer! Well, kinda. iRonCub, the jet-powered flying humanoid, is still a simulation for now, but not only are the simulations getting better—the researchers have begun testing real jet engines!
The Air Force wants to test its artificial intellgience-driven drones in "some sort fo air-to-air" against human fighter pilots.
This waist-mounted supernumerary robotic limb is gentle enough to pick fruit but powerful enough to punch through a wall
3D printing is set to go to sea in the form of an additive manufacturing technique for repairing submarines. Being developed by Australia’s dedicated submarine sustainment organization, ASC, in partnership with the CSIRO and DMTC Limited, the cold spray printing technology is intended to repair the ...
In this episode of The Robot Report Podcast, Jonathan Hurst, Co-Founder and CTO of Agility Robotics, talks challenges and opportunities of legged robots.
Engineers at the Fraunhofer Italia Innovation Engineering Center (IEC) in Bolzano, Italy, are developing software that would enable a robot assistant to help on construction sites. Based on the Husky A200 research platform, the mobile robot uses new navigational software to carry out autonomous logi...
Whether it was learning about the new Moxie companion robot or Spot 2.0 from Boston Dynamics, there was no shortage of robotics stories in May 2020.
Back in 2015 we looked at an interesting approach to automated construction in the form of a brick-laying robot, capable of putting together full-sized homes in just two days. The engineers behind the Hadrian X have continued making software improvements and have now announced a new record brick-lay...
It was seven years ago that we first heard about Harvard University's HAMR cockroach-inspired robot. Although the bot was already on the tiny side, its designers have now created a version that's just half its size – it's time to meet HAMR-JR.
Researchers at Seoul National University have recently developed a compact and lightweight origami structure inspired by ladybird beetles. In a paper published in Science Robotics they show how this structure ...
There are now several experimental "smart fabrics," capable of detecting the wearer's respiration or heartbeat via deformations in the material. A new one, however, is claimed to work better by utilizing transmission lines instead of individual sensors.
Our favorite jumping robot can now stop jumping
One of the main proposed uses for legged robots is the exploration of disaster sites. In order to walk across all that rubble, though, they would definitely need to be sure-footed – which is where new coffee-filled robot feet are designed to come in.
From cracking eggs to scrambling to cooking, this robot has mastered the tricky art of omelets.
Your robot personal trainer is here.
The Yards, a property development in Southeast D.C., is partnering with Optimus Ride and other organizations to deliver food with autonomous vehicles.
Although it's certainly possible to 3D-print metal objects, such items can't always be formed down to the sub-millimeter precision required for certain applications. A new technique, however, allows them to be infinitesimally tweaked after being printed.
Electric-field generating fabric, already approved for wound care, appears to destabilize coronavirus particles so they are unable to infect cells
Researchers from MIT give robotic grippers a better sense what they’re gripping and how much force to use.
