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.
Future armies could use teams of drones and robots to storm buildings
An Israeli defense firm has shown off a new A.I.-powered system that allows for drones and robots to enter buildings to scan the insides to create maps.
Robotic police officers are slowly being normalized, whether we like it or not
Robotic police officers are a rare novelty right now, but as law enforcement agencies across the world buy them, they're quickly becoming normalized.
A disembodied robot mouth and 14 other 2020 stories we laughed at
Forget the challenges of the last 12 months and instead have some fun reading our pick of the quirkiest tech stories from the past year.
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.
Man uses brain-controlled prosthetic robot arms to eat a Twinkie
A quadriplegic man, who suffered an accident in his teens that left him with minimal movement in his hands, used two prosthetic robot arms to feed himself.
The future of military training? Target practice on running, shrieking robots
How do you create the shooting range of the future? Get your hands on an army of autonomous robots to shoot at, of course.
This robot-tended vertical farm will grow 1,000 metric tons of greens per year
The world of farming is changing. Want proof? Check out this amazing robot-filled vertical farm in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Your next therapy dog could be a biomimetic robot
A new study shows that spending time with a robotic dog as a companion can bring many of the same benefits as spending time with a real dog.
Meet Ghost Robotics, the Boston Dynamics of combat bots
Ghost’s quadruped bots are the scary older brother of every other dog robot you’ve ever seen. And with good reason. They’re shipping off to join the military.
Robots progressed by leaps and bounds in 2020. These were the highlights
The past 12 months have given us no shortage of big breakthroughs and amazing applications of robotics technology. Here's a quick recap of our favorites
World’s most advanced robotic hand is approaching human-level dexterity
Remember when the idea of a robotic hand was a clunky mitt that could do little more than crush things in its iron grip? No more!
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.
Insect-inspired repair robot clings to giant turbine blades with suction legs
This opens the door to autonomous inspection and repair of wind turbines, BladeBUG founder Chris Cieslak told Digital Trends.
To build a lifelike robotic hand, we first have to build a better robotic brain
A more brainlike artificial neural network is helping make robot hands smarter than ever. Check this one out in action.
Leaps, bounds, and beyond: Robot agility is progressing at a feverish pace
Robots are often depicted as clunky, ungainly creations that walk with slow, halting steps. But in recent years, robots have gone from clumsy to acrobatic.
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.
These blaze-battling bots are the future of firefighting
Firefighting is one of the rare jobs that we're happy to hand over to machines. Here's a look at the most advanced firefighting bots in the biz.
Disney Research’s robotic eyeballs have a freakishly humanlike stare
Disney Research has built a robot with uncanny valley-like gaze interaction that’s so realistic you'll be convinced you’re looking at a real person.
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.
How a hyperrealistic robo-dolphin is paving the way for animatronic aquariums
Ex-Hollywood practical effects artist Roger Holzberg is on a mission to revolutionize aquariums. How? By replacing the animals with hyperrealistic robots
Despite obvious dangers, autonomous killer robot tech is charging ahead
Thanks to the proliferation of lethal autonomous weapon tech, the world's military powers are now engaged in an arms race that's increasingly difficult to stop.
White Castle invests in burger-flipping robots to make fast food even faster
White Castle is upping its investment in Flippy robotic chefs for its kitchens, expanding from just one location to 10.
The plan to rid the world of potholes with a fleet of asphalt-spewing robots
Between this, robot delivery drivers and autonomous cars, the streets of the near-future are going to look very, very different.
The robot ‘artist’ that’s challenging humanity’s concept of creativity
Can a machine be creative? Many would argue no — it's the programmer who is being creative. But with Aida, making that distinction isn't so easy
Smoothie-making bot at Walmart signals the rise of the robot fast-food worker
You know that food preparation robots are going mainstream when they pop up in Walmart. Blendid's new smoothie-making robot kiosk in Fremont is only the latest.
Flippy the fast-food-prepping robot goes on sale for $30K
Robot fry chef Flippy is now available for purchase by eateries, opening up access to the next-gen food preparation tool to a wider audience than ever.
Want to drive a giant, four-legged racing mech? This is your chance
If you've always dreamed of piloting a mech that looks like it marched right out of the world of StarCraft or Warhammer 40,000, this is your chance.
Tiny robot can be made to ‘walk’ using pulsed laser beams
Cornell University has created a robot so tiny it's not visible with the naked eye -- and made it walk using pulsed laser technology.
Giving robots a layer of fat could help supercharge their battery life
Researchers have developed a new rechargeable zinc battery that could be worn around robots like a layer of fat to give them extra battery life.
This tiny robot could help surgeons perform ultra-delicate procedures
This tiny robot, which weighs less than a penny, can copy surgeon's hand movements on a smaller scale to carry out immensely delicate procedures.
Pandemic-fueled automation is gobbling up jobs, and we’ll never get them back
The automation of jobs was already happening before 2020, but now the COVID-19 pandemic has kicked the trend into high gear.
This tiny robot tank could one day help doctors explore your intestine
Developed by researchers at the University of Colorado, this tiny robot tank could carry out robo-colonoscopies to help doctors uncover problems in your guts.
Wild new food robot prints, grills, and serves plant-based burgers on demand
This food robot could 3D print a patty and grill it to your specifications inside of six minutes. Welcome to the future of food preparation.