Robots
We should let robots take over the world, expert says
Dr. J. Storrs Hall is an expert on molecular nanotechnology and the head of the Foresight Nanotech Institute (which raises...
Toyota shows off Delivery Robot prototype
Prepping for an entire nation that will soon house possibly the world's largest elderly population, Toyota has unveiled their latest...
Scientist proposes cyborg astronauts to seek out new life
If University of Chicago geoscientist Patrick McGuire starts calling the shots, NASA won't have to decide between sending a person...
MIT wants your dashboard GPS to have an expressive robotic head
Say hello to AIDA, or — since robots aren't allowed to have plain 'ol names — your Affective Intelligent Driving...
Driverless car self-parks, more wizardry on the way
The days of driverless cars just got a whole lot closer. Volkswagen has now teamed up with Stanford University, plunking...
ROPID mixes speedy moves with cuter robot design
A new, even cuter, Japanese robot has hit the scene called ROPID. Developed by Tomotaka Takahashi of Robo Garage at...
PETMAN the latest leggy lovely from Boston Dynamics
There's a tech firm called Boston Dynamics that is responsible for some pretty freaky military hardware — most notably, the...
Scientists to build swarm of world's most advanced flying microbots
Jeez, wouldn't it be fun to have your own swarm of robot bees? Someone at Harvard thought so, convincing the...Skiing robot: just add frozen water
A researcher at the Jozef Stefan institute in Slovenia has come up with a skiing robot that uses two computing...
Panasonic's dishwashing robot makes cooking bearable
Nobody likes doing the dishes. Everybody knows that. Which is why I love the fact that Panasonic is putting money...MIT helicopter flies through a house using laser guidance
Little battery powered electric helicopters are lots of fun, but they tend to crash into stuff without an expert hand...
Amazing homemade exoskeleton costume puts my homemade exoskeleton to shame
Looking for a last-minute costume idea? This amazing exoskeleton costume ain't it. I mean, let's face it: it's far to...
iRobot's 'ChemBot' morphs between solid and semi-liquid states
iRobot, well-known for the Roomba, and researchers at the University of Chicago are showing off their chemical robot, or chembot,...
Taiwan unveils Roppie, the dancing home service robot
The Industrial Technology Research Institute recently showed off its new Roppie Home Service Robot at the Taipei World Trade Center...
Finally, a robot that can fetch me a beer
From Japan's Vstone robotics company and the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (or ATR) comes the Robovie-PC, a new hobby...
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