Bioengineers share their biobot blueprints with the world
Five years ago, they developed biobots that moved using a power supply of rat heart cells. Now, the team wants to help other bioengineers build biobots.
Lego is totally awesome, but Tenka Labs wants to make it smarter
Tenka Labs is introduction Lego-compatible Circuit Cubes to let kids power, light and propel their creations while learning about science.
Run by robots: Amazon’s high-tech supermarket may only need three employees
Amazon is testing a high-tech "grab-and-go" store in Seattle. But a new report suggests it's planning a much larger version run by robots.
This personal cargo robot can move your stuff as fast as a bicycle
Gita is a personal robot from the makers of the Vespa. The autonomous droid can hit 22 mph while carrying a load weighing up to 40 pounds.
There’s an android helping out at an airport in California
SoftBank's friendly Pepper humanoid robot could make all that hanging around at airports a little easier to bear.
Researchers are programming robots to learn as human babies do
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon are taking a new approach to robotics -- they're programming robots and teaching them like human babies.
Panasonic’s autonomous robot may have your job someday
Panasonic's testing HOSPI(R), an "autonomous delivery robot" designed to help us clueless humans.
At CES 2017, revolutionary new technologies and products took center stage
CES 2017 stood out as one of the more revolutionary shows in recent memory. What does this say about the future of the tech industry?
The machines ham it up again: We found the best robots at CES 2017
It's seems like every year at CES, the robots always seems to steal the show. This year is no different. Here are five of the coolest robots from CES 2017.
Thousands of jobs lost as Apple supplier Foxconn fully automates its factories
Apple supplier Foxconn is moving away from human labor and toward full automation -- and the company is doing so in three phases.
Stanford study concludes next generation of robots won’t try to kill us
A standing committee of artificial intelligence experts has issued a report on realistic artificial intelligence and robotics applications.
The EU is sponsoring a project to investigate a future 'plant-robot society'
The Flora Robotica program is a four-year initiative based on the idea of creating interesting plant-robot hybrids. The next step: plant-robot societies?
Cute wearable robots will crawl all over your body to do your bidding
The future of wearables could be miniature on-body robots that crawl all over your body to create instant makeshift displays.
Robots are most likely to take the jobs of those who least expect it
In cruel irony, those most in jeopardy of losing their jobs to robots are in the greatest denial it will happen.
I ate a pizza made by a robot in the back of a truck, and it was delicious
Zume Pizza is the latest Silicon Valley startup to be making headlines, largely because of the way that it automates the pizza-making process.
Facebook Marketplace is neither Craigslist nor eBay, but it’s going to take big bites of both
Facebook Marketplace will let users buy and sell privately online, but it's simplified interface and features leaves it far from Craigslist or eBay status
More than meets the eye: This BMW can turn into a real-life Transformer
A Turkish research and development startup is turning BMWs into real-life Transformers. And they're every bit as awesome as you'd hope.
Cybathlon event will push assistive technology, disabled athletes to their limits
Are you ready for next week's Cybathlon, the world’s first-ever major competition in which disabled athletes compete using bionic assistive technology?
Ciliary cell-inspired microrobots may swim faster and may carry more cargo
A team of researchers at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology have once again turned to nature to design a new type of microrobot.
Sewing robot masters handling fabric, could change how clothes are made
Sewbo is a garment-making robot designed for automating the process of skillfully guiding fabrics through sewing machines.
Marines launch competition to fund, build next wave of battlefield robots
The Marines Corps wants to free up its soldiers to focus on the battlefield, so it's holding a competition to find ways for robots to do supporting work.
Meet Boston Dynamics’ eclectic lineup of innovative (and peculiar) robots
Fascinated by Boston Dynamics' many robots? Here is our roundup of its most famous creations, the large and the small, the fast and the powerful.
‘After you!’ — Algorithm enables swarms of robots to work together without colliding
Swarm roboticists at Georgia Tech have created new algorithms that allow robots to work together without colliding with one another in the process.
Walmart is cutting 7,000 jobs due to automation, and it’s not alone
Walmart is planning on cutting 7,000 jobs as a result of automation.
Squishy, 3D-printed ‘octobot’ is world’s first autonomous, untethered soft robot
Harvard's new eight-legged Octobot ditches the rigid hardware of traditional robots, opening the door to a new revolution in soft-bodies robotics.
Swiss Post to test robots to deliver parcels, maybe even chocolate?
This September Switzerland's postal service will begin trials of Starship Technologies' delivery robot. Tests are ongoing in Germany and the U.K. as well.
Fascinating new study explores the complex psychology of why humans feel empathy toward robots
Would you lie to a robot to avoid hurting its feelings? If you’re like one participant in a recent study, the answer is a resounding “yes.”
Warehouse robots might just make tedious jobs a thing of the past
Warehouse jobs may become a thing of the past due to new technologies that are both revolutionizing and speeding up the process of shipping goods.