Robot

The Amazon Astro robot can cruise around your house to offer a remote view while you're away, thanks to a telescoping camera.

SoftBank has suspended production of its Pepper humanoid robot due to poor sales, but says it could start making it again if demand recovers.

Remember the "Graboid" worm monsters from Tremors? Well, thanks to some brilliant engineering, there's now a robotic version that can burrow through sand.

When purchasing a robot vacuum, one of the biggest deterrents is too high a price. We’ve listed our picks for the best robot vacuums you can buy for under $200.

Boston Dynamics has just unveiled its latest robot, a wheel-based machine designed to make warehouse work more efficient.

A terrifying Monster Wolf robot has been installed by a town in Japan as part of efforts to scare off bears.

A firefighting robot this week became the first of its kind to be deployed in the U.S. And the LAFD's newest recruit has already been put to work.

Want to fight a robot? Thanks to this Kickstarter campaign, now's the chance you've been waiting for.

A professor from Northeastern University School of Engineering recently let a robot shave him with a straight razor. Here's why.

Ford will use two robot dogs to scan the layout of one of its plants in Michigan. Robot specialist Boston Dynamics began offering Spot to industry in June 2020.

Boston Dynamics has started selling its Spot robot. We take a look at how the design has developed over the years to become the amazing robot you see today.

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a robot that can make picture perfect omelets. Get ready for the chef of the future!

Robot vacuums can now map your rooms, and some even have cameras. Is this a privacy problem? We break down what to look for and the safeguards robot vacs take.

GE's research division has built a giant robot earthworm to help DARPA create underground tunnels. Here's how it works -- and what else it may be able to do.

Spot the robot dog — the work of U.S. tech firm Boston Dynamics — is patrolling a park in Singapore, asking people to socially distance during the pandemic.

DARPA, the agency responsible for developing technologies for the U.S. military, is building a new high-tech spacecraft that will repair satellites in orbit.

If you thought Arnold Schwarzenegger's acting was terrifying, just wait until you get a load of Promobot's humanoid robot that bears the actor's likeness.

There have been five confirmed cases of the quickly spreading coronavirus in the U.S. Since the coronavirus can transmit from person to person, doctors at a hospital in Washington treating one of the patients have taken extra caution to protect themselves by using a robot.

Trifo, a home robotics company, unveiled its latest robot on January 2. Its name is Lucy, and it's basically a super-smart robot vacuum and a security system all-in-one. Lucy will be strutting its stuff at CES 2020, though there's no word as of yet of when the robot will be available for purchase.

A new agricultural robotics startup called the Small Robot Company has come up with a trio of robots that hunt weeds down, kill them with mini blasts of lightning, and then plant crops in their place. Here's what the company has developed -- and what its future plans are.

The International Space Station recently received its newest resident: an artificial intelligence-powered flying robot called CIMON-2. Here is how it can be used to help out astronauts aboard the ISS -- including carrying out tasks and even understanding their emotions.

A neuroradiologist in Toronto has carried out the world’s first robotic brain surgery. The robot-assisted aneurysm coiling was conducted on a 64-year-old female patient at Canada’s Toronto Western Hospital and Krembil Brain Institute on November 1. Here's why it matters.