Say hi to Daisy, an Apple-made robot that recycles old iPhones
Apple has set itself recycling targets with its tech products, and to help it meet them it's employing the services of Daisy. Daisy is a highly dexterous robot that's able to take apart 200 iPhones an hour, identifying the reusable parts and components before carefully extracing them from the device.
You can help a cyborg drummer get a new, improved robot arm so he can tour
Thanks to researchers at Georgia Tech, amputee Jason Barnes received a robot arm prototype that lets him play the drums again. Now he's hoping to get a new, improved robot prosthesis to go on tour with. And through a new Kickstarter campaign, you can do your bit to help.
Bust a move! A German robot dances to communicate with honeybees
This new robot shows honeybees the best foraging locations by mimicking a dance that real bees employ in the wild.
Counting down the 10 most important robots in history
From research labs to our own homes, robots are everywhere these days. Check out our list of the 10 most important ones ever built.
Fribo is a cat-like robot that tells your friends what’s going on in your home
Fribo is a robot developed by researchers in Korea, designed to help stave off loneliness. Here's how it works.
This robot can mimic your hand gestures and whoop you at rock-paper-scissors
A collaboration involving Google’s Android Things, this DIY HandBot is a robot hand that can recognize and replicate your gestures.
Reis & Irvy’s robotic frozen yogurt machine to be released in April
The company announced today that its frozen yogurt vending robots will be on the market sometime in April. The first 65 locations will see their robots delivered and installed by the end of the month.
Tanks for the beer! Robotic vehicle follows you around, brings you a brewski
The WalaBeer tank is a homemade Alexa-connected vehicle that follows you around your apartment and will deliver a beer to youu.
Doctors can steer this robot through your guts with an Xbox-style controller
A new endoscopy robot, designed to access hard-to-reach places in the human body, has received official U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance.
Pepper’s next gig is at Pizza Hut, but the robot won’t be tossing any dough
Pepper the friendly humanoid robot has worked at a few places in its short life. Its latest gig is at a Pizza Hut in Singapore.
You can control this robot as it trawls the Chicago River picking up trash
A new Kickstarter project aims to clean up the Chicago River by giving you the chance to navigate a real life trash-collecting robot.
This adorable robo-tortoise teaches kids that beating up robots isn’t okay
Developed by engineers in South Korea, Shelly is a cute robotic tortoise that's designed to teach kids not to abuse robots.
Cross a John Deere with a Roomba, and you get this crop-monitoring robot
TerraSentia is a four-wheeled farm robot that boasts a variety of sensors that can monitor and transmit crop data in real time.
Ecovacs’ 3 new cleaning bots will help you keep your home neat and tidy
Keeping your home clean is getting a little bit easier today, now that Ecovacs Robotics has launched three new robot vacuums at IHHS.
This bug-like robot is learning to improvise on the go
A.I. has came a long way, but it is still pretty bad at improvisation. However, a new robot from Tokyo Tech is making several steps in that direction.
Flippy gets fired: Burger bot shut down after one day on the job
Flippy the burger-flipping robot is taking a break just after starting his new gig. It turns out the rest of the employees can't keep up with the mechanical arm.
Blink and you’ll miss it: This robot solves a Rubik’s Cube in 0.38 seconds
Think you can solve a Rubik's Cube quickly? It's nothing compared to this robot that's able to crack the colorful puzzle in just 0.38 seconds.
Harvard researchers are making robot exosuits that better support their users
Researchers at Harvard University have been developing new technology that will allow robot exosuits to work more efficiently with their wearers.
The LineRanger robot has the dangerous job of checking live power lines
The LineRanger is a smart inspection robot designed to travel along high-voltage transmission lines looking for signs of damage.
Watch this inflatable robot slither around Harvard using artificial snakeskin
Engineers at Harvard have created an artificial snakeskin material that can help crawling robots to maneuver on even the roughest surfaces.
Whatever you do, don’t mess with Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini robot
A new video from Boston Dynamics demonstrates SpotMini's ability to stay focused on a task despite someone trying to push it around.
Virtual reality training ground helps robots prepare for the real world
An interactive virtual reality model of real world scenes, such as the kitchen or living room, will allow A.I. agents to learn how to cope better in the real world.
Dual-arm pickle-picking robot will assist farmers with cucumber harvests
Researchers in Germany are developing a dual-arm robot which will help identify and pick cucumbers at harvest time.
Harvard’s insect-inspired HAMR robot scuttles like a cockroach on meth
HAMR-F is Harvard University's new cutting-edge, insect-inspired robot that's able to scamper along the ground at an impressive speed of a little under four times its own body lengths every second.
Shovel no more! The SnowBot Pro clears sidewalks and driveways for you
Meet the SnowBot Pro from Left Hand Robotics, a commercial-class, self-driving robot whose sole purpose is to clear the snow so you don't have to.
Singapore has a flock of robo-swans patrolling its waters. Here’s why
Faced with the problem of how to track pollution in the country’s reservoirs, engineers in Singapore came up with a unique solution: robot swans which take water quality measurements.
Control this robot kit with your voice using Alexa or Google Assistant
Thanks to new Google Assistant and Alexa integration for programmable robotics kit Ziro, you can now build a voice-controlled robot at home.
This tiny, self-folding robot could one day be part of a large ant-like swarm
Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a centimeter-scale self-folding robot that can assemble itself and then shimmy along the ground by vibrating.
Pepper the robot fired from grocery store for not being up to the job
Pepper recently started work in a grocery store as part of a trial to see how a robot might benefit customers. But it seems like there's still some work to be done.
Online supermarket Ocado’s humanoid robot is the factory worker of the future
Online supermarket Ocado wants to establish itself as one of the most tech-savvy companies around -- and it’s got the robot to prove it.
A hospital in Japan is getting some help from a fleet of robots
Robots, who have made themselves useful in restaurants, in supermarkets, and in our homes, are now going into Japan's hospitals as well.
Panasonic built a robot gentle enough to pick tomatoes, but not exactly graceful
Planning on finding a new job for 2018? You can cross “tomato picker” off the list now that a new tomato-harvesting robot has made its debut.
Pepper is everywhere in Japan, and nobody cares. Should we feel bad for robots?
Pepper the robot is a surprisingly common sight in Japan, but not everyone takes the time to stop and see what it offers. It’s time for that to change.
A creepy robot head completes university course in the philosophy of love
Philosophy students at Notre Dame de Namur University recently shared their classroom with learning robot Bina48. Here's what happened.