Modular, self-healing robot swarms are definitely a great idea
Robots are going to have to work together if they want to destroy us, their soft, fallible masters. ...
Researchers propose Iron Man style flight for humanoid robot
The way Iron Man flies may be cool, but it’s also impractical. Even if your core strength is ...
13 things drones are doing besides flying around your yard
Everyone who’s flown around a drone (or UAV, or multirotor, or what have you) knows that they’re a ...
MIT’s Robogami lets you build custom 3D-printable robots from standard, folding parts
Flat-pack furniture made IKEA a global powerhouse, and the same principles may help create a new ge ...
Pepper the robot can perform funerary rites, but it shouldn’t
It’s not really clear just what “humanoid” robots are actually for. I’ve se ...
This 3D-printed robotic arm is built for sign language
While we usually see robotics applied to industrial or research applications, there are plenty of w ...
Meet the adorable robot camera Japan’s space agency sent to the ISS
Science can be cute as hell when it wants to be – take the JEM Internal Ball Camera (“I ...
Researchers 3D print a soft artificial heart that works a lot like a real one
The science of prosthetics has been advancing by leaps and bounds over the last few years, and rese ...
I watched two robots chat together on stage at a tech event
I got a glimpse into the future world of our robot overlords today. It was nervy at times. I watche ...
Disney experiments look to make kid-robot interactions more natural
Sooner or later, our children will be raised by robots, so it’s natural that Disney, purveyor of bo ...