Latest Robots Stories
What’s in the US military’s historic lost and found: nukes, jets, and drones
Mini explosions give this little robot a big bounce
Microflier robots use the science of origami to fall like leaves
The Ascento Guard patrol robot puts a cartoonish spin on security enforcement
The US military’s tiniest drone feels like it flew straight out of a sci-fi film
The newest moon-bound robot will roll around like a tennis ball
This wormy robot can wriggle its way around a jet engine
Will we ever be able to trust health advice from an AI?
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Keith Wagstaff
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Australia is eyeing uncrewed vessels to patrol the vast Pacific Ocean
This small, squishy robot is cuter than its cockroach inspiration
This drug-delivery soft robot may help solve medical implants’ scar tissue problem
Future leaping robots could take a cue from seed-launching witch hazel plants
These AI-powered robot arms are delicate enough to pick up Pringles chips
These nifty drones can lock together in mid-air to form a bigger, stronger robot
Ukraine claims it built a battle drone called SkyKnight that can carry a bomb
See the coolest and strangest machines from the World Robot Conference
These bathroom-cleaning bots won’t replace human janitors any time soon
Dead whales and dinosaur eggs: 7 fascinating images by researchers
Origami-inspired robot can gently turn pages and carry objects 16,000 times its weight
This waddling robot could guide baby turtles to the sea
Why industrial automation can be so costly
NASA gears up to send a trio of rovers to the moon in 2024
Robots could now understand us better with some help from the web
What is DARPA? The rich history of the Pentagon’s secretive tech agency
A new kind of thermal imaging sees the world in striking colors
Deep underground, robotic teamwork saves the day
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Kurt Kleiner/Knowable Magazine
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Robot limbs could keep satellite plasma thrusters at an arm’s length
An electric cow, a robot mailman, and other automatons we overestimated
Chipotle is testing an avocado-pitting, -cutting, and -scooping robot
Four-legged dog robots could one day explore the moon
The best robot vacuums of 2023
A look at the weird intersection of taxidermy and car design
Bee brains could teach robots to make split-second decisions
This magnetic robot could worm its way into human blood vessels
NASA’s quirky new lunar rover will be the first to cruise the moon’s south pole
This robotic leg could give machines krill-like swimming abilities
This AI-powered glove could help stroke patients play the piano again
This weird robot uses living bugs as gripping tools
These wearable cyborg arms were modeled after Japanese horror fiction and puppets
This robot used a fake raspberry to practice picking fruit
This pangolin-inspired robot can curl up into a healing ball
These 2D machines can shapeshift into moving 3D robots
This lanternfly-egg-hunting robot could mean fewer bugs to squish
Robot dog sniffs out fire ants without the painful sting
Taiwan sent mosquito-fighting robots into its sewers
Watch a ‘flying fish’ drone hover in the air and then swim underwater
This very sweaty robot measures how heat affects humans
Inside Blue Abyss’ plan to build super-deep pools for astronauts and military bots
This robot ‘chef’ can follow video instructions to make a very simple salad
A robot inspired by centipedes has no trouble finding its footing
The Dallas airport is testing out EV charging bots that roll around like suitcases
Google engineers used real dogs to develop an agility course for robots
Watch the US Navy launch an ocean glider from a helicopter
A robot gardener outperformed human horticulturalists in one vital area
Cozy knit sweaters could help robots ‘feel’ contact
Wendy’s wants underground robots to deliver food to your car
This helpful robot uses a camera to find items for people with dementia
This lawn-mowing robot can save part of your yard for pollinators
A fleet of humanoid, open-source robots could change robotics research
NASA hopes its snake robot can search for alien life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
To build a better crawly robot, add legs—lots of legs
Stunt or sinister: The Kremlin drone incident, unpacked
Researchers built a ‘SoftZoo’ to virtually test animal-inspired robots
Robot plants could be used to grow infrastructure in space from scratch
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Dario Floreano and Nicola Nosengo/MIT Press Reader
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