Catch some rays while Honda's Miimo robotic lawn mower does your chores for you
Meet Miimo, a robotic mower that promises to be "convenient, intelligent, and automated" to provide you with the "ultimate in lawn mowing."
Chinese man finds his perfect match in the robot girlfriend he created, married
A Chinese man, Zheng Jiajia, recently “married” a robot that he created for himself. The wedding was witnessed by Zheng’s mother and friends.
Niryo One is an open-source 6-axis arm robot for your home, school, or business
Kickstarter project Niryo One offers an open source, 6-axis robotic arm for makers, developers, and students.
Cthulhu comes to soft robotics with creepy OctopusGripper tentacle arm
This concept robot tentacle arm may look creepy, but it could one day be working alongside you, according to this German engineering company.
The world's first poop scooping drone is a marvel of modern engineering, and also totally ridiculous
People in tech like to dream big. 30-year-old Gerben Lievers wants to use drones and ground-based robots to clean up dog poop.
SAM is a construction robot that can lay bricks 6 times faster than you can
SAM100 is a cutting-edge bricklaying robot that’s capable of building walls six times faster than a human bricklayer.
MIT's color-changing robot 'skin' was inspired by the golden tortoise beetle
MIT researchers have created a 3D-printed robot “skin” capable of changing color according to the physical stimuli that it receives.
Scientists are building a 3D-printed robot hand with a humanlike sense of touch
A five-year research project at the U.K.'s University of Bristol is setting out to create a robot hand every bit as capable as our own.
NASA’s PUFFER is a cute origami-inspired robot that goes where big rovers can’t
NASA is developing a small scout robot called the Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER) to accompany the next generation of rovers.
Meet Samantha: a smart sex robot that you need to seduce before you get busy
Are you interested in forming a relationship with a sex robot that can show off emotions and even spout a bit of philosophy? Meet Samantha.
Chowbotics and its salad-making robot Sally want to prepare your next meal for you
A company called Chowbotics Inc just raised $5 million in a Series A round of venture funding to help develop "food service robots."
Social robots taught to ask for clarification when confused about a command
Researchers are working to instill social competence into robots by developing algorithms that can ask for clarification when confused.
Virginia is for lovers — and now, legalized delivery robots, too
400 years ago, it was home to the first permanently settled English colony, and now, it is home to the first legal delivery robots.
The Sentinel is a robot designed to make police traffic stops safer
The Sentinel Robotic System is a robot that was created in response to the tragic shooting of two officers during routine traffic stops.
Researchers just figured out how to make spiders move even faster
A spider-like robot has demonstrated a faster walking pattern than that used by six-legged insects in the wild.
Darwin is a robot physical therapy assistant to help kids with cerebral palsy
Could robots have a future helping kids with pathologies like cerebral palsy? Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology think so.
Meet Cassie, the walking robot that looks like a pair of disembodied ostrich legs
Agility Robotics has introduced its first robot -- and her name is Cassie. With a highly-optimized walking technique, here's what she can do.
Watch MIT's swimming hydrogel robot sneak up and grab a passing fish
MIT is building gel-based underwater robots capable of swimming like eels, and snatching (and then releasing) live fish as they swim along.
Steady hands — a robot just helped doctors perform a novel eye surgery
If the idea of something touching your eye upsets you, you won't like a medical innovation involving a robot, a needle, and a retinal vein.
Harvard’s robotic exosuit uses science-fiction smarts to put a spring in your step
Think a robot exoskeleton has to be a bulky piece of kit? Investigators at Harvard Biodesign Lab will make you think again.
ElliQ is like an Amazon Echo robot designed to keep seniors company
Intuition Robotics' ElliQ robot is a bit like specially tailored Amazon Echo, designed to act as a loyal companion to lonely old folk.
Watching a swarm of mini robots throw shapes is weirdly hypnotic
Researchers have developed a “large scale robot collective” capable of assembling to forming together to throw a variety of different shapes.
French startup aims to enrich at-home elderly care with Cutii the companion robot
French startup Yumii wants to help at-home care with its companion robot, Cutii, which uses vocal and facial recognition to help the elderly.
Amazing robot arm is dexterous, easy to program, and surprisingly affordable
Franka Emika is a robot arm that can work safely alongside people, is easy to set up and program, and can even assemble replicas of itself.
Never let your kids go unsupervised again! NannyBot will keep tabs for you
NannyBot is a robot which promises to follow your kids around and feed audio and video back to your smartphone, tablet or computer.
A mech for modern times: Method-1 is your sci-fi fantasy come to life
In South Korea, a robotics company is building a towering mech robot straight out of the world of Gundam. Here's what we know about it so far.
Robot bees are designed to pollinate flowers when real bees no longer can
Researchers in Poland are building robot bees, called B-Droids, designed to pollinate flowers in cases where real bees no longer can.
Robot arm can be controlled with thoughts, no brain implant needed
Researchers have made a breakthrough in neural interfaces by creating a system which allows people to control a robotic arm using just their thoughts.
The good news? There’s a robot that can fold your laundry. The bad news? It’s super slow
A team of international researchers have developed an autonomous clothes-folding robot capable of picking up a crumpled garment and neatly folding it up.
MIT’s ChainFORM robot transforms into anything from stylus to gaming joystick
MIT has built a modular robot that can change into anything from the legs of a walking robot to a haptic-feedback device to a gaming joystick.
QuadBot is the 3D-printed, customizable crab robot that will teach you to code
QuadBot is a 3D-printed, 100 percent programmable, Arduino-powered walking crab robot; designed to transform you from zero to robotics hero.