Festo’s Flying Robot Balloon Can Move Stuff Around Autonomously
Remember Festo’s gripping robot, which uses a mouth-like hand to grab a hold of a wide variety of objects? Well, they took that gripping mechanism, slapped... Read More...
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Domino’s DRU Is A Pizza Delivery Robot
Drones may be the obvious first choice for a modern delivery robot. When it comes to hot food and cold drinks, though, a small drone is hardly the best cho... Read More...
Let Roomba’s Compact Braava Jet Robot Sweep And Mop Your Hard Floors
We’re big fans of the Roomba and its dirt-sucking talents, keeping dirt and debris off your floors all on its own. Much as we appreciate that function, a ro... Read More...
Tipron Puts A Movie Projector On A Mobile, Articulated Robot
Let’s be honest: we all want robot butlers at home. Problem is, modern automatons are really not sophisticated enough to serve as the all-in-one robot butle... Read More...
Disney’s Four-Wheeled VertiGo Robot Can Drive Up Walls
When robots that drive around on wheels hit a wall, they usually adjust by simply changing directions. At least, that’s the case with most of them (with the... Read More...
Moti: This Desktop Robot Will Help You Develop Any Habit That You Want
Whether it’s something simple like drinking eight glasses of water daily or something challenging like running five miles every morning, doing things consis... Read More...
Kirobo Mini Is An In-Car Robot Companion That Will Keep You Alert Throughout A Drive
Can a robot companion get you to drive more safely? That’s what Toyota is hoping for with the Kirobo Mini, a companion robot that slots into your car’s cup ... Read More...
Yamaha’s Motobot Robot Can Operate An Unmodified Superbike All On Its Own
We imagine racing against the Yamaha Motobot will be all sorts of scary. Not just because it’s a robot that can competently handle a liter motorcycle, but m... Read More...
Robohon Is An Awesomely Cute Walking, Talking, Dancing Smartphone Robot
Just when you thought Samsung’s edge screen phone and LG’s two-screen phone were weird, Japan comes along and shows you they’re just not weird enough. We ap... Read More...
Erle-Spider: Finally, A Programmable Arachnid Robot To Call Your Own
Remember when Lian-Li came out with a PC case that looked like a giant spider? Well, the Erle-Spider is its smarter little brother. Instead of being a mere ... Read More...
Want Megabots Mk.II To Win The USA Vs. Japan Giant Mech Battle? It Needs Your Help
By now, you’ve probably heard that teams from both the US and Japan have agreed to stage the first giant robot battle. That’s right, American automaton Mega... Read More...
A Supercomputer-Powered Brain Allows The CogniToys Robot Dino To Converse Intelligently With Your Kids
Toys that can talk back are nothing new. As much fun as they can be, though, they’re nothing more than chatty robots repeating a very limited repertoire of ... Read More...
Zoomer Indominus Rex Can Roam Autonomously, As Well As Take Commands From Your Hand Gestures
We love LEGO’s Indominus Rex and all, but wouldn’t it be better if you can have Jurassic World’s genetically-enhanced alpha dinosaur in a toy form that can ... Read More...
HMC Boudicca: If R2D2 Became A Battle Tank, This Is What He’ll Look Like
When people talk about robots, an egg-shaped body similar to R2D2 is hardly the first thing that comes to mind. But that’s exactly what they did with the HM... Read More...
Hadrian Bricklaying Robot Can Erect An Entire House’s Walls In Two Days
Robots… they’re taking our jobs. And there’s really nothing anyone can do to stop it. While masons have been spared from the robot takeover so far, that cou... Read More...
Cthulhu Will Be Proud Of These Ultra-Gentle Microrobotic Tentacles
Most robots use finger-like appendages to grab things, although they can also use mouth-like grippers to change things up. When you need robots to handle de... Read More...
Just Like People, Google’s Robots Can See Things That Aren’t There If They Look Hard Enough
Stare in the clouds hard enough and you’ll eventually make out shapes that only you can see. It’s not that uncommon to recognize silhouettes of houses, anim... Read More...
Uve Is Like A Mini-Roomba That Cleans And Disinfects Kitchen Countertops
Not a fan of using chemical-based cleansers and disinfectants to get rid of the filth on your kitchen countertop? We understand. Those things can be pretty ... Read More...
Deep-Learning AI Allows The Musio Robot To Hold Natural-Sounding Conversations
When the Furby was first released in the 90s, it was supposed to serve as a rudimentary robotic buddy. Except, of course, it really wasn’t. Simply put, tech... Read More...
They Just Made Robots That Can Adapt To Injuries
When the robot apocalypse goes down and tireless automatons are hunting down humans like deer in the woods, damaging their mobility will give you the best c... Read More...
Fetch And Freight Automates Order Fulfillment For Large Warehouses
I’ve never worked in a warehouse before, but I imagine it must be a physically exhausting task. Running from shelf to shelf to retrieve items, transporting ... Read More...
Watch AVERT’s Army Of Autonomous Robots Pick Up A Parked Car And Bring It To A Different Location
In the future, instead of a truck towing your car, it may be done by a small swarm of robots. At least, that’s the case if AVERT (short for Autonomous Vehic... Read More...
Someone Made Super Strong Robots That Can Pull Many Times Their Bodyweight
Slowly but surely, we’re starting to see the kind of robots sci-fi always promised we’d eventually have. Giant robots that juggle cars for our entertainment... Read More...
Robobarista Can Learn To Operate Any Coffee Machine It Encounters All By Itself
The age of robot butlers may finally be dawning. At least, that’s the potential promise of technologies like the Robobarista, a deep-learning robot that can... Read More...
Mouth-Like Hands Allow The FlexShapeGripper Robot To Grab And Grip A Wide Variety Of Objects
Having five fingers allow us to grab, grip, and hold on to objects unlike any other creature on the planet. And while it’s logical to want to give gripper r... Read More...
Handiii Is A Full-Featured Bionic Arm That’s Cheaper Than The Entry-Level Apple Watch
People have been engineering cybernetic arms that can be controlled using muscle signals for a while now (we’re actually far enough that the advanced ones h... Read More...
DeepMind Just Made A New AI That Can Beat You At Atari
Last time we saw DeepMind, they were teaching an AI to gain human-style memory and recall. This time around, they’ve developed a sophisticated AI that can p... Read More...
These Guardbots Could Be The Amphibious Surveillance Robots Of Our Not So Distant Future
A robot ball that simply rolls around for movement may not sound like the most fearsome machination. And, well, it isn’t. While these Guardbots may not insp... Read More...