A shocking amount of clean water is wasted each year as the result of leaky pipes. A new soft robot may be able to help -- and it has just netted the 2018 James Dyson Award, a design competition to celebrate up-and-coming inventors. Here's how the Lighthouse robot works.
Sperm-inspired robots could be the next big thing in drug delivery
The Icelandic startup Aha takes on Amazon with basic drones bearing burgers
Down on a new robot farm, machines tend rows of leafy greens under the watch of software called “The Brain.”
Plastic grippers from a 3D printer and made with tribo-filaments from igus are 85% cheaper and 70% faster than most competitors currently being used in the packaging industry. 3D printing, one of the most impactful trends emerging in modern industry, allows for the single batches to become a reality...
How gender biases manifest in the design of voice assistants is well-worn territory. But scientists are just beginning to consider how these gender biases materialize in physical robots.
Researchers from MIT are building a palm-sized bipedal robot called Skinbot that’s designed to crawl over your body using suction-cup feet, modeled on the adhesive abilities of leeches or cephalopods. Here's how it could be used as a personal health guardian just a few years from now.
ROS for Windows brings full support for the Robot Operating System to Windows 10 IoT, which could allow more manageability and security for robotics.
The young startup Aeva has $45 million in funding and a sensor it says can give self-driving cars a whole new view of the world.
These crazy alien-like structures were built by MIT’s silkworm-inspired robots
People paralyzed because of spinal cord injuries could one day be able to walk again, thanks to an implant that helps send "lost signals" from the brain t
Let’s be clear: AI will not completely replace human judgement anytime soon, but these systems can not only help you make better decisions, but also have better supported decisions.
A new study on bipedal movement in lizards suggests adding lizard-like tails to robots could improve their ability to maneuver "off-road."
The HRP-5P humanoid robot, created by Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology institute, can do simple construction tasks like install drywall.
Grapes must be picked at the exact point of maturation, and its plant must have the appropriate intake of water during development so that the wine ends up with desired properties. Controlling those parameters is complicated and expensive, and few can afford to use pressure chambers that measure wat...
I’ve been saying this myself for years. One job is replaced by a robot, that requires a whole team to maintain. This means not only that the amount of jobs isn’t going to drastically decrease, but that the jobs that remain are more high end and better paid. Businesses save money replacing workers wi...
Robot furniture is happening. This is the single greatest thing to happen to humanity ever, the robots told us to say.
Automation is slowly making inroads into tasks we thought the sole domain of humans. This includes delicate manual labor like harvesting fruit and vegetable. New research from Cambridge University shows how a robot can peel a lettuce — a tricky task.
While this video shows a tiny robot from the City University of Hong Kong doing what amounts to a mitzvah, we can all imagine a future in which this little fellow could stab you in the kishkes. This wild little robot uses electromagnetic force to swim or flop back and forth to pull itself forward […
You can find a GitHub repository with the code to reproduce the experiments at the end of the article. From a survival point of view, the main biological needs that drive animals and humans are not…
With grass-cutting robots growing increasingly popular in Europe, hedgehogs are more often getting trapped under their blades.
Sex robot brothel in Texas sparks controversy and ethical questions
A Study.com survey on people's comfort with artificial intelligence in everyday life found that fully half of us would be okay with robot chefs and journalists, while less than a third would want a robot at the wheel of their car. Even fewer would want a robot to drive their kid to school or defend ...
Deep learning could help robotic rovers figure out their location on the moon and Mars
