The Honda Research Institute gives an in-depth look at the design of its newest social robot prototype
Researchers create an EV-charging robot that can autonomously charge vehicles, potentially solving the problem of charging autonomous cars.
LA's baseball fans and concertgoers might be among the first to ride The Boring Company's high-speed pods. Elon Musk's company has announced that it'
A baseball player got ejected from a game after saying that players would prefer an electronic strike zone to human umpires.
This Wednesday, a group of seven swimmers located about 70 m (230 ft) from the beach at Spain's port of Sagunto found themselves caught in an undertow. After they signalled one of the lifeguards, an onsite Auxdron Lifeguard Drone was flown out to perform a rescue.
Nonetheless a great robotic leap forward has already been made.
New features leverage maps of your home to make your robot vacuum smarter
In a new study, people performed better at a cognitive task when a robot supervisor was in the room — but only if the robot was mean.
Saint Louis University has announced that it will be placing Echo Dot devices, powered by Alexa for Business, in every student residence hall room or student apartment on campus. While other colleges, like Arizona State University, have put Echo Dots in student housing before, SLU says this is the f...
Humans already find it unnerving enough when extremely alien-looking robots are kicked and interfered with, so one can only imagine how much worse it will be when they make unbroken eye contact and mirror your expressions while you heap abuse on them. This is the future we have selected.
RobotShop.com, the world's leading source of robotics technology, continues expansion in the European market by undertaking new operations in Spain.
DJI's Spark isn't the only game in town if you want a small, relatively powerful drone with a semi-reasonable price tag. Yuneec has launched US pre-orders fo
The main match of the night was about to begin. The announcer began to warm up the restless crowd with a little trash talk. In the red square, this bot is like Superman. His girlfriend is Lois Pain. And you’re about to be Clark Dent. Here he comes to slay the day! It’s Captain Shrederator!…
University of Texas at Arlington researchers have developed "smart skin" that will give robots more sensitive tactile feeling than humans.
TechDen, which is currently being funded through a Kickstarter campaign, claims to "help kids develop healthy screen habits," by combining an app to manage your child’s screen time with a literal white box that stores and charges up to two phones or tablets. It can also recognize each device, and se...
Developed by creative agency Redpepper, There’s Waldo is a robot that finds Waldo using Google’s AutoML vision.
Last August, 50 employees at Three Square Market got RFID chips in their hands. Now 80 have them.
If a robot told you to jump off a bridge, would you?
A look at the robots Walmart is testing inside and outside its stores to lower costs, improve operational effiencies and keep up with e-commerce demands.
High school students learned what it takes to be an engineer — and a bit more about themselves — at the MIT Edgerton Center’s annual Engineering Design Workshop.
Brain Corp. shares five challenges, and solutions, developers will encounter when designing an autonomous navigation system for robots.
Soft multi-functional robots get really small
MassRobotics, an independent, nonprofit organization and the world’s largest hub of robotics startups, and the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry’s trade organization and part of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), have formed a strategic partnership. The goal of the partn...
