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Americans destroy hitchhiking robot
In refusing to bow to our new robot overlords, Americans have accomplished what Canadians and Europeans could not: we stopped the automaton cold. (more…)
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Watch: Tiny floating robot can jump from water's surface
Researchers led by Je-Sung Koh created a biomimetic robot that floats using surface tension and can jump from the surface of water like a water strider insect. (more…)
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WATCH: crazy cute jerboas and the hopping robot they inspired
Jerboas, tiny desert rodents that move like kangaroos, are notoriously hard to film. BBC Earth was able to film a jerboa's escape from a fox, and its unique shape has now inspired a robot:...
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WATCH: Why Japan already embraces our android future
VPRO backlight looks at the current state of androids in Japan, including an interesting segment on geminoids, or robot twins made in the likeness of a human counterpart: (more…)
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New Google robot named Atlas is obviously drunk
https://youtu.be/NwrjAa1SgjQ Atlas, who stars in the Google video above, is an “agile, anthropomorphic robot” created by Boston Dynamics, the Google-owned robotics firm that gained internet viral video...
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Tossable spherical robot transforms into insectoid robot with legs!
Researchers from Japan's Chiba Institute of Technology demonstrated this spherical robot that rolls around until its four legs pop out for scurrying. Like a quadruped robot disguised as a Spheero!...
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See MIT's odd new jumping cube robots
MIT researchers developed this "Soft Cube Capable of Controllable Continuous Jumping." From IEEE Spectrum: Inside of the robot there are two motorized rotors, each connected to one end of four...
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Check out Disney's real wall-climbing robot!
Disney Research Zurich and ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) developed VertiGo, a mobile robot that can roll up walls. It uses two tiltable propellers that keep it rolling and also...
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Musical feline artbot creates abstract paintings
YouTuber Die Struktur created the first rotating cat automaton that paints to musical accompaniment. Now, instead of "my kid could paint that," idiots can say "my maneki-neko on a turntable could...
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Adorable doglike robot can climb fences and open doors
The Ghost Minitaur is the latest iteration of terrifyingly cute agile legged robots. I for one welcome our doglike robot overlords. (more…)
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Madeline Gannon's Mimus examines robot-human interdependence
The Design Museum in London just unveiled Mimus, Madeline Gannon's newest exploration of robot-human interdependence. From its enclosure, Mimus senses visitors and interacts with them. (more…)
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One small step for a robot, one giant leap for robotkind
The Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) developed a control algorithm enabling Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot to walk across a short stretch of rocky terrain. It's much...
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This robotic arm's cleanup task is bloody endless
The Guggenheim has Sun Yuan & Peng Yu’s installation "Can’t Help Myself" on display through March. The robot arm monitors and attempts to contain a viscous blood-red liquid as it spreads out from...
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Watch this robotic eel swim about measuring water pollution
Swiss researchers have unleashed a robotic eel in Lake Geneva, and their Envirobot successfully detected where the researchers had poured salt along the shore. (more…)
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Original Robby the Robot suit up for auction
The original, iconic and much replicated Robby the Robot suit is up for auction. Via Bonhams: In 1970, Robby and his Jeep were purchased privately from M-G-M by Jim Brucker and both were displayed...
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A French robot named Jojo makes plotter portraits
Digital media artists Makio&Floz use their AxiDraw drawing machine, which they have dubbed "Jojo le robot," to create plotted portraits. They are currently offering these signed and numbered...
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Watch these robots measure and saw wood
People who need custom furniture in the future may be able to feed the design into a program and then have robot-assisted carpentry do the rest. (more…)
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Watch this robotic fish frolic in the deep
MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MITCSAIL) created this graceful fishbot that can swim around a lot like a regular fish. (more…)
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See 1372 robots dab simultaneously
A team from Italy recently broke the Guinness World Record for the "most robots dancing simultaneously." At an event in Rome, 1,372 Alpha 1S robots danced and dabbed in unison earning Team TIM S.p.A....
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Watch thousands of robots pack groceries in a warehouse
Ocado robots zip around simultaneously filling orders without bumping into each other in this fascinating look at a modern warehouse. (more…)
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