A robot that can do your makeup for you, a ping-pong playing machine, and a futuristic restaurant with robots wishing you bon appetite were among a smorgasbord of technology on display at a giant international import fair in China.
Using a new type of design process, engineers at software company Autodesk and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory came up with a new interplanetary lander concept that could explore distant moons like Europa and Enceladus. Its slim design weighs less than most of the landers that NASA has already sent...
If you have seen science fiction television series such as Humans or Westworld, you might be imagining a near future where intelligent, humanoid robots play an important role in meeting the needs of people, including caring for children or older relatives.
While Alzheimer's disease affects tens of millions of people worldwide, it remains difficult to detect early on. But researchers exploring whether AI can pla
The last year has seen vigorous pushback against forecasts of a robot nightmare.
The propeller-like bot has a non-stick coating inspired by carniverous plants, and could be used to deliver drugs.
Kebotix is using AI and robotics to brainstorm—and then test—novel compounds.
We seek to put autonomous cars in the hardest possible scenario: driving in an area the car has no prior knowledge of, with no reliable infrastructure.
MIT researchers have developed an autonomous system for drones to collaboratively search under dense forest canopies for lost hiker search-and-rescue missions. The system uses only onboard computation and wireless communication, without GPS.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning have made it easy to edit video footage of humans. China’s state-run news agency, Xinhua, says it’s using this technology to create ‘virtual AI anchors’ that read the news using synthesized voices.
Students at Oregon State University dressed up their bipedal robot, Cassie, in a delightful AT-ST costume. This robot, which everyone said looked like one of the Empire’s two-legged walkers anyway, can now zap both Rebels and Ewoks in a deadly battle to take control of the forest city of Corv…
A Nebraska cattle facility has turned to a robot to herd its cows—and keep its human workers safe.
Soon, the days of package theft will be behind us. For people living in the U.K. town of Milton Keynes, that day is today. That’s thanks to autonomous robot startup Starship Technologies . Starship’s on-demand package delivery requires you to first install the app to receive a delivery …
They used to say that robots would take over the jobs too dirty or dangerous for humans. That is exactly what [Joel Sullivan] had in mind when he created this welding robot. [Joel] designed the robo
Equipped with a customized sensorhead, a four-legged robotic platform ANYmal autonomously performed various inspection tasks of the platform in
Drones and artificial intelligence pick crops and plant seeds where human labor is scarce.
Partial or shared autonomy, in which the user retains most of the control, represents an unsung revolution in our relationship with machines.
Researchers describe a parser that learns through observation to more closely mimic a child's language-acquisition process, which could greatly extend the parser's capabilities.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been promising some major improvements to Tesla Autopilot’s Summon feature in recent weeks. Now he has announced a new update coming in “~6 weeks” that will enab…
A manufacturing trick with magnetic fields produces a battery that may discharge fast enough to get an aircraft off the ground.
Advancing 100-year-old methods using robotics and IoT technologies is the natural next step for companies requiring commercial class cleaning.
At this point, the question isn’t so much “if” AI will ever surpass humans in terms of thinking abilities, it’s “when.” What happens when we reach that point? Charles J. Simon attempts to answer that question in his upcoming book
With the rapid advances in drone technology spanning the 20th century, it should come as no surprise that robotics are being reinvented on the insect scale. Researchers claim robo-insects are cheap to produce and can easily slip into tight spaces.
A high school student battling cancer is still taking classes in real time thanks to a robot.
