Robotics

Mono-wheel security bot foretells a future of digital snitching

Why pay to design and mass-produce a four-wheeled autonomous security robot, when you can make a less costly one with just one wheel? That's...

Cyborg cockroaches get underwater breathing with new diving suit

What sounds more terrifying than a part-cockroach, part-robot cyborg? Definitely one that can also breathe underwater. Yet, this is exactly what researchers have just...

China’s Ubtech launches world’s first mass-produced companion robot

People have been fantasizing about humanoid robots for decades. Movies such as Blade Runner, Ex Machina, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence imagined a future where...

Robotic elephant trunk gripper uses camera for touch

Evolution has already found solutions to lots of problems, so engineers more often borrow ideas from nature instead of reinventing the wheel. We’ve previously...

Robotic bird swims, dives, and flies using just its wings

A robot that swims like a diving bird and then flies like, well, a bird, sounds like the setup for two different machines bolted...

Humanoid robots perform first-ever surgery

Surgeons at UC San Diego just handed the scalpel to two humanoid robots, who went on to complete live surgical procedures for the first...

Weave Robotics’ Isaac 1 folds clothes & tidies rooms

Weave Robotics announced its first robot for folding laundry just five months ago, and it already has a new product on offer. Like its...

Soft robohand senses produce ripeness for gentle harvesting

Agriculture is one of the industries that is getting increasingly affected by robotics, which totally makes sense, as farmers around the world face human...

Mars rover uses wiggly wheels inspired by lizard

The sandfish lizard moves very efficiently through the sands of the Sahara desert, and not surprisingly, it doesn't use wheels to do so. Scientists...
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