Swarm of tiny snail robots stick together to form new structures
Researchers have built a swarm of miniature, snail-inspired robots, minus all the mucus. Instead, a retractable suction cup works in...
AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS
Boston Dynamics gives Spot bot a furry makeover
Boston Dynamics may have relocated the bipedal Atlas to a nice farm upstate, but the company continues to let everyone...
Why animals run faster than their robot doppelgängers… for now
Modern robotics is awash with human-made machines mimicking the animal world. From stadium-surveying robot dogs to daddy long-legs-inspired exploration bots...
Daddy long-legs-inspired robot could one day squirm through Martian caves
Robotic engineers are no stranger to turning to nature for inspiration. In recent years, birds, dogs, extinct sea creatures, and...
RIP Atlas, the world’s beefiest humanoid robot
Atlas, the hulking 330-pound acrobatic Boston Dynamics robot (that filled us with equal parts awe and horror) is officially going...
Startup pitches a paintball-armed, AI-powered home security camera
It’s a bold pitch for homeowners: What if you let a small tech startup’s crowdfunded AI surveillance system dispense vigilante...
Watch a tripod robot test its asteroid leaping skills
Before astronauts leave Earth’s gravity for days, weeks, or even months at a time, they practice aboard NASA’s famous parabolic...
Watch two tiny, AI-powered robots play soccer
Google DeepMind is now able to train tiny, off-the-shelf robots to square off on the soccer field. In a new...
Apple’s ‘next big thing’ could be a robot butler
Apple’s vision for the future could involve an autonomous robot butler. That’s according to a new Bloomberg report which claims...
Watch this robotic slide whistle quartet belt out Smash Mouth’s ‘All Star’
The slide whistle isn’t known as a particularly difficult instrument to play—there’s a reason they’re usually marketed to children. But...
What’s in the US military’s historic lost and found: nukes, jets, and drones
For roughly 24 hours, between the afternoon of September 17 and the evening of September 18, the United States Marine...
Get ready for the robotic fish revolution
This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like...
