Robotics

Researchers have built one of the fastest two-legged robots in the world

A research team from the University of Tokyo has revealed one of their latest creations, which is touted to be one...
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SoftBank is bringing its affordable android to the United States next year

Advertised as the “first personal robot with emotions,” Pepper is SoftBank’s attempt at introducing affordable androids to the common man. According...
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NASA is developing an air traffic control system for automated drones

NASA is not down with drones flying around town all willy-nilly and potentially electrocuting North West. The space agency is developing...
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This robot uses your heartbeat to create art

How does a famous-rapper-slash-business-tycoon and a tech titan launch a collaborative project? Apparently, by throwing a fancy soirée graced by the...
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Fuji Xerox has built a robotic printer that delivers papers to you

I am quite sure that for many of us who happen to work in a traditional office setup can so identify...
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Project Wing is Google’s experimental drone delivery service

For two years, Google has quietly been developing autonomous flying vehicles that can be used to deliver packages for disaster relief...
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Dyson is reportedly working on a robotic vacuum cleaner

Dyson has been up to something. It’s not entirely clear what, exactly, but the web is currently abuzz with speculation that...
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This cruise ship comes equipped with robot bartenders

The use of robots in our daily lives isn’t exactly new, and while we have heard of robot bartenders, it seems...
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Robo Brain is an online service that teaches robots new skills

For a robot to be able to wash clothes, vacuum carpets or serve you cocktails on a Friday night, it needs...
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New research suggets that humans would rather take orders from robots

How well do you take orders? Well, it seems that we humans are a strange lot, at least according to this...
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Harvard has created a swarm of robots that is capable of learning

Totally ignoring Asimov’s laws of robotics, a team of computer scientists at Harvard University have crafted a swarm of over one...
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This robot is hitchhiking its way across Canada

As far as hitchhikers go, this one looks harmless enough. He or she — it’s hard to tell — is short...
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Self-driving cars have been approved for testing in the UK

The UK government today announced that driverless cars will be able to get on the country’s roads as early as January...
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Japan wants to bring robot competitions to the Olympics

According to Agence France-Presse, Abe expressed his interest in hosting an Olympic event specifically for robots as part of the international...
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South Korean baseball team replaces its human fans with robot ones

A baseball team in South Korea has come up with a new way for fans who can’t make it to a...
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Baidu is taking on Google with its own self-driving car

Baidu is often referred to as “China’s Google,” but it’s not quite the same. It’s true, the company is working on...
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This rescue drone finds lost people by picking up their phone signal

In an emergency, a mobile phone can be the device that saves you, even if you aren’t able to make a...
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MIT researchers have created a hand-augmenting robotic glove

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a way to augment the puny flesh and bone accouterments on human hands....
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