Manta rays are elegantly shaped. They swim by flapping their fins like enormous wings, and their gills filter for plankton ...
Micropsi Industries is using cameras and AI to give manufacturing robots a softer touch, and help them respond to changes in ...
One solution, Molengraft thinks, might lie in “lazy robotics,” a cheeky term to describe machines doing less and taking shortcuts — in other words, behaving more like human beings. He and his students ...
Most people don't usually think of robots running farms. But it is the future, and those behind developing the technology are pointing to its benefits.
China has unveiled what it called the "world's first" military-grade mobile 5G base station for seamless drone integration.
These unsettling systems like something out of a sci-fi nightmare are becoming more pervasive as militaries look to them for ...
In an experiment, she has people take a small robot and shake it violently. In some cases, nothing more would happen but other times the robot would emit a pitiful whimpering sound from its speakers.
Delaunay said they're creating low-cost robots for small farms, including mini-tractors. She said keeping it small is key. "They still carry about 2,000 pounds, but by using an AI micro-tractor ...
The robot has a small DC gearmotor driving each belt so it can be driven forwards, backwards, and steered differentially. To perceive the world, it uses an off-the-shelf ultrasonic transceiver ...
Teleoperated robots at scale, even if years away, could mean a seismic shift in how we think about labor and automation. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.
cube-shaped robots using a mould and epoxy resin embedded with magnetic alloy. These small magnetic particles enable the microrobots to be “programmed” to form various configurations after ...
From a disembodied torso to a "friendly" robot with unnervingly human facial expressions, here are seven of the most advanced humanoid robots in the world. If you're worried about humanoid robots ...