Behind the scenes at a BattleBots tournament looks part science fair, part NASCAR pit stop. Robot bits are strewn across work benches, sparks are flying, and crews are furiously prepping for the next battle, replacing smashed parts with new ones and testing their weapons. In one corner, sits Chomp. ...
After 26 years, Boston Dynamics is finally getting ready to start selling some robots. Founder Marc Raibert says that the company’s dog-like SpotMini robot is in pre-production and preparing for commercial availability in 2019. The announcement came onstage at TechCrunch’s TC Sessions: …
Boston Dynamics just released a video of its Atlas robot jogging through a garden. Is it time to run yet?
New principled approach helps autonomous underwater vehicles explore the ocean in an intelligent, energy-efficient manner.
Build a better mousetrap, and they say the world will beat a path to your door. But the artists at Studio AATB probably shouldn’t expect much foot traffic after finding a way to use a wall-mounted robot arm to improve one of the oldest ways we have to tell time: the sun dial.
While robots have been making our lives easier and our assembly lines more efficient for over half a century now, we haven't quite cracked a Jetsons-like general purpose robot yet. Sure, Bosto
How autonomous weapons could change the future battlefield.
At the Microsoft Build developer conference today, Microsoft and Chinese drone manufacturer DJI announced a new partnership that aims to bring more of Microsoft’s machine learning smarts to commercial drones. Given Microsoft’s current focus on bringing intelligence to the edge, this is …
Over 35% of the burglaries were walk-ins. The GO-Lock attempts to decrease this amount by allowing the user to control their lock from anywhere.
He strapped a robotic arm with a claw to a six-rotor drone, both custom-made in his Lucknow lab.
Criminals are increasingly using drones in illegal activity. A drone swarm was used to disrupt and surveil an FBI raid
A tic-tac-toe robot encourages functional rehab by challenging you to a contest of cup-grasping
Massachusetts-based Soft Robotics announced this week that it’s raised $20 million in funding, courtesy of Scale Venture Partners, Calibrate Ventures, Honeywell Ventures and Tekfen Ventures, along with existing investors like robotics giant, ABB. The round follows a $5 million Series A the company …
Misty Robotics has been talking a good game for 10 months now. Back in June, the Colorado-based Sphero spin-off announced its plans to develop a mainstream home robot. At CES in January, it introduced the world to the Misty I, a skeletal robotic development platform. Four months later, it’s back wi…
A California-based robotics company is about to launch its first major, commercial roll out of food delivery robots. But why do we need them?
Two tech titans can't agree on the one thing that could come to define our times: AI. What do they have to say on the matter?
Meet the LEGO builders behind the 13+ million views YouTube channel "TheBrickWall". The duo pushes the limits of what can be done with LEGO Technic.
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If implemented, this network can deliver supplies from a blood bank to the hospital in minutes.
The Somnox is a fuzzy, bean-shaped robot that mimics human breathing to help the human holding it fall asleep.
What do you do with two wheelchair motors, a welder, and a desire to learn robotics? You build a RC Tie Fighter. At least, that's what our customers do!
San Francisco-based robotics company Marble announced this morning that it’s just closed a $10 million Series A. The round, which involves the likes of Tencent, Lemnos, Crunchfund and Maven, brings the startup’s total funding to $15 million. In press material tied to the announcement, Marble’s care…
