Atari doesn't have the cultural cachet it used to. After an industry-crashing downfall in the '80s, the video game pioneer has been unable to find its niche, an...
The SherpaTT is an autonomous, hybrid wheeled-leg system hardware type rover that is characterized by its four legs with attached wheels at the end. This system allows SherpaTT to walk and drive over different complex terrain.
Although augmented reality (AR) glasses are potentially very useful, they can also be awkward to wear and sometimes kind of funny-looking. California-based startup Mojo Vision is developing a sleeker, less-dorky alternative, in the form of an AR contact lens.
A new era of satellite servicing is on its way.
Pasadena, California-based Miso Robotics unveiled its next-generation kitchen robot -- ROAR -- which runs on a motorized rail.
Max Q is a new weekly newsletter all about space. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Sundays in your inbox. This week saw a huge funding round for a new space startup that’s working on the problem of distribution and use of the new data networks made possible by the explosion in the […]
Grace Harvey reveals the mixed emotions she had after walking for the first time in a robotic suit.
London's Metropolitan Police Service has begun using live facial recognition (LFR) technology. At key areas throughout the city, signposted cameras will scan th...
Uber Advanced Technologies Group will start mapping Washington, D.C., ahead of plans to begin testing its self-driving vehicles in the city this year. Initially, there will be three Uber vehicles mapping the area, a company spokesperson said. These vehicles, which will be manually driven and have tw...
Robotics company SQ4D says it's robotic construction system was able to build a 1,900-square-foot home over 48 hours in an 8-day period through 3D printing.
ETH Pioneer Fellow Marcel Schuck is developing a robotic gripper that can manipulate small and fragile objects without touching them. The technology is based on sound waves.
In the wake of a coronavirus outbreak in China, a company that markets a germ-killing robot for airplanes is offering to assist to disinfect airplanes.
This next year will be one of the most important since Boston Dynamics was founded back in 1992. After changing hands from Google to SoftBank, the robot maker is getting more aggressive about commercializing products, bringing Spot to market while Handle waits in the wings. The news includes a new C...
It's already possible for robots to navigate without maps, but having them navigate well is another matter. You don't want them to waste time backtracking, let...
Mini robots that can roll, fly, float and swim, then morph into a single machine? Together they form Shapeshifter, a developing concept for a transformational vehicle to explore treacherous, distant worlds.
The fleet enables the parking of 50% more cars in a given area.
Cruise Origin is an electric, driverless, ride-sharing vehicle that's ready for production. It's the result of a GM, Honda, and Cruise partnership.
The Indian Space Research Organisation has unveiled a human robot that will be sent to space as part of the Gaganyaan mission, India's ambitious plan to send humans to space
Amazon is already testing robots that deliver packages, but a new patent covers a plan for storage compartment vehicles that can make multiple deliveries along their routes.
If humans are going to have a long-term presence on the Moon, they're going to need breathable air and rocket fuel -- and the ESA might just have a way to creat...
wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could somehow lift the language barrier that has impeded interspecies communication for millennia?
Sophisticated unmanned mini-tanks patrol alongside soldiers, but humans still decide when to shoot.
A pair of researchers from Zhejiang University in China have developed a device that allows humans or robots to scale walls like the Amazing Spider-Man. Researchers Xin Li and Kaige Shi developed a novel vaccuum suction unit capable of gripping rough, uneven surfaces. Until recently, if you wanted t...
As companies have begun to experiment with security robots, the robots have repeatedly hit obstacles — or, in some cases, fallen into them.
