Honda shows off plans for eVTOL aircraft and telepresence robot
Honda says it plans to draw on its existing technologies to build an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft and also an advanced telepresence robot.
Watch Elon Musk unveil Tesla’s advanced humanoid robot
Tesla boss Elon Musk has revealed the company is building a highly advanced humanoid robot to 'eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks.'
Meet the team behind one of the world’s most impressive humanoid robots
Take a look inside the workshop where Boston Dynamics' roboticists continue to develop the company's remarkable Atlas robot.
Watch Ford’s robot test drivers take a car for an on-the-spot spin
Ford has deployed two new robots called Shelby and Miles to help the automaker test its cars in extreme environmental conditions.
Watch Xiaomi’s first video featuring its robotic CyberDog
Xiaomi's first video showing off its new CyberDog robot reveals even more similarities with Boston Dynamics' Spot robot.
Xiaomi’s CyberDog looks remarkably like Boston Dynamics’ Spot
Xiaomi has unleashed a robot mutt called CyberDog. The quadruped looks a lot like Boston Dynamics' Spot but sells at a fraction of the price.
Robot pile-up causes grocery delivery chaos for online shoppers
A catastrophic collision between three robots at a cutting-edge facility in the U.K. suggests the road toward the robot takeover may be rocky.
Tiny insect-inspired robot has speed of a cockroach and agility of a cheetah
Scientists from the University of Berkeley have taken inspiration from insects to design a fast, agile, tiny robot with sticky footpads.
Watch seven Boston Dynamics’ Spot robots strut their stuff in dance routine
Watch seven Spot robots perform a beautifully choreographed dance in celebration of Hyundai’s recent acquisition of the Massachusetts-based tech firm.
Pepper robot’s future uncertain as SoftBank suspends production
SoftBank has suspended production of its Pepper humanoid robot due to poor sales, but says it could start making it again if demand recovers.
Watch Toyota’s latest robot ace challenging house chores
The Tokyo Research Institute in California has designed a prototype robot that can skillfully perform various chores within the home.
Robot specialist Boston Dynamics offers rare look inside its workshop
In a rare move, robot specialist Boston Dynamics recently allowed a film crew inside its Massachusetts workshop and even showed off a new robot.
Tesla’s mesmerizing video features frunk-stamping robots
Tesla has just posted mesmerizing footage shot at its California factory showing robots stamping metal sheets into parts for its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles.
Watch Samsung’s clever home robot set the table and pour wine
Meet Bot Handy, Samsung's work-in-progress home robot that can load a dishwasher, lay the table, and perhaps most importantly, pour a glass of wine.
Watch Boston Dynamics’ robots strut their stuff in year-end dance show
Strutting their stuff to The Contours’ Do You Love Me, Boston Dynamics' robots thrill with impressively agile moves that would put most human dancers to shame.
How robotic exoskeletons can help paraplegic patients heal from injuries
When neuroscientists fitted paraplegic patients with exoskeletons to help them walk, they found that the exoskeleton helped their healing.
Terrifying Monster Wolf robot aims to scare off bears
A terrifying Monster Wolf robot has been installed by a town in Japan as part of efforts to scare off bears.
Robots could soon make up a quarter of U.K. army, top general suggests
The head of the British armed forces has suggested that a quarter of the nation's army could be made up of robots by 2030.
Robots at Walmart replaced by humans, report says
Forget the robot uprising; Walmart seems to be experiencing a human uprising after a report claimed the firm has replaced some of its robots with people.
Open-Source Leg: The quest to create a bionic limb that anyone can build
Bionic prosthetics often cost upward of $100,000. But through the power of collaboration, engineers think they can build one for a tenth of that price.
Watch America’s first firefighting robot in action
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.
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On this Digital Trends Live, we discuss the top tech stories, including the ongoing TikTok drama, the Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp messenger merger, and more.
Robots Everywhere: Robots in space exploration
We take a look at robots in space, and how different types of automated machines and robots are helping us explore the surface of Mars.
Robots Everywhere: Robots and the animal kingdom
We take a look at the robots modeled after animals, from machines that mimic the look and feel of our companion pets, and the robots that are inspired by them.
Ford gives Boston Dynamics’ high-tech robot dog Spot a job
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.
Robots Everywhere: The promise of humanoid robots
Building machines that look, act, and move like humans has always been part of our vision of what robots could and should be.
Researchers turned beetles into photographers for the sake of science
A camera that weighs less than a tenth of a playing card could help power tiny robotics, researchers from the University of Washington suggest.
Camera-clad rubber fingertips allow robots to manipulate cables and wires
Using cameras and a rubber fingertip, researchers just developed a robot arm that has more human-like dexterity when working with cables, rope, and wire.
Robots everywhere: Army of single-purpose ‘bots get household chores done
We can now control all individual household robots through one robot, creating a single point to guide the tiny army of individual robots around the house.
NASA wants to build a steam-powered hopping robot to explore icy worlds
NASA's new robot concept would be the size of a soccer ball, with instruments held in the center of a metal cage, and it would use steam-powered thrusters.
Spot the robot dog is now available for general sale — but it ain’t cheap
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.
MIT learns to make robots less clumsy by putting cameras in their fingers
Two new research projects out of MIT give robots the ability to sense what they are picking up. It's useful for delicate tasks such as picking up a potato chip.
A robot dog is telling people to keep their distance during the pandemic
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.
Doctors share what it’s like to team up with a robot to fight the coronavirus
Some coronavirus patients at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston are being greeted by a new kind of nurse: A four-legged Boston Dynamics robot named Spot.