The first cargo-carrying robot marketed directly to consumers is on sale this holiday season. But how many people are ready to ditch their second car to buy a two-wheeled rover that can follow them around like a dog?
Robots are one step closer to gaining a human sense that has so far eluded them: Touch.
Robots are terrible at manipulating objects and adapting to new environments. A potential solution? Let them grow up playing, like children.
Alphabet subsidiary X, which is the former Google X, focuses exclusively on ambitious “moonshots,” or applications of tech you might expect are science fiction, not a real product in development. Like a robot that can sort through office trash. X does a lot of its work more quietly than other Alphab...
companies will extend their offerings beyond different hardware and will have a two-fold effect on the robotics industry:
Of all the materials that can be 3D-printed, glass is still one of the most challenging to work with. Scientists at Switzerland's ETH Zurich research center are working on changing that, though, with a new and reportedly better glass-printing technique.
DARPA is funding research into bacteria for bomb detection that could sense explosives below the ground and then glow on its surface.
Researchers built a simulator that teaches robots to deal with everyone’s favorite particle-board nightmare—and that's just the beginning.
In order to make robots more effective at their jobs, scientists suggest programming them with an inate fear of their own deaths.
Boston Dynamics has been looking for ways to put its robots to work, but it turns out they've already seen some service. Radio station WBUR and the ACLU hav
contact lenses could do much more than just correct our vision
A new contest aims to help first responders leverage computer vision algorithms and drone imagery during a search
Have a look at these 7 incredibly cute robots that wouldn't be out of place in the Star Wars universe — a place where robots are designed to be so cute they sell a crazy amount of toys.
China has been aggressively building up its robotics market and suppliers, but it has a long way to go, noted STM Stieler analyst Georg Stieler.
Researchers launched a drone from a pneumatic baseball pitching machine strapped to a truck traveling 50 miles per hour. They hope this ballistic launc
Are robots coming for your job? That depends on what kind of work you’re in.
The ways that humans interact with robots has evolved over the years.
Back at CES this year, we talked with 3D-printer maker Formlabs about its early experimentation in using its printers to make dentures faster and more affordably than existing alternatives. A few months later, the company is going deep on the concept. They’re releasing a 3D printer meant specificall...
Although multicopter drones now are being used to transport medical samples and supplies, their 30-minute (or so) battery life limits their range. This week, however, a hydrogen-powered delivery drone managed a one-hour, 43-minute ocean crossing.
MIT and Toyota researchers have designed a new model to help autonomous vehicles determine when it’s safe to merge into traffic at intersections with obstructed views.
a police drone was disabled and fell to the ground after hundreds of protestors aimed their laser pointers at it
Automated factories were seen as an alternative to overseas labor
Astronauts could one day remotely control Moon and Mars rovers from orbit. An upcoming test aboard the International Space Station could help make this a possibility. In November, the ESA (European Space Agency) will conduct an experiment in orbit known as ANALOG-1 to see if station crews, scientist...
