HP RoboCop Shows How Far We Still Have to Go Before AI Could Really Protect Us
17 Oct 2019, 11:49 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Huntington Park police count on a real robot to help them fight crime, but it doesn’t even work. The PD didn’t tell the public that
This Cargo Robot May Look Cute, But It's Just an Overpriced Paper Bag
15 Oct 2019, 15:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Piaggio Gita is a cargo robot that can carry 40 pounds of cargo behind its owner at speeds of up to 6 miles per hour. Not in the rain, though
Brits Are Sabotaging Workplace Robots Out of Fear They Might Lose Their Job
30 Sep 2019, 23:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Brits are reluctant to welcome AI into the workplace because employers don’t take the time to explain to them what the robots are good for, study says
DARPA’s Swarms of Military Robots Are About to Get Much, Much Better
30 Sep 2019, 13:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / OFFSET's first test will be seizing key urban terrain within eight square city blocks over a mission duration of four-to-six hours.
Qoobo, the Headless Robotic Cushion Cat, Is Taking Over the World
30 Sep 2019, 12:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Yukai Engineering introduced the concept of “tail therapy” in 2017, is now taking the tailed cushion in markets across the globe, to much success
Watch Boston Dynamics Atlas Challenge Nadia Comaneci
25 Sep 2019, 16:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boston Dynamics says the robot learned these moves thanks to an optimization algorithm and the use of a model predictive controller
Boston Dynamics Spot Robot Dances in the Rain in First Official Ad
24 Sep 2019, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boston Dynamics starts shipping the first batches of its Spot robot to early adopters, releases first commercial for the machine
Elevate-Like Ideas to Backed by Hyundai in China as Well
23 Sep 2019, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Hyundai completes network of Center for Robotic-Augmented Design in Living Experience offices, promises more Elevate-like ideas
Buddhist Temple Has a Humanoid Robot Preaching Sermons, Mindar
20 Sep 2019, 18:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Robotics professor Hiroshi Ishiguro brings AI into religion, in the hope Mindar will acquire wisdom and replace the monks when they day
Russian Skybot F-850 Robot Ends Its Astronaut Career
16 Sep 2019, 15:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Russian Skybot F-850 has had a very short astronaut career, as it will be retired after its first and only mission to the ISS
This Hyundai Exoskeleton Turns You Into Factory Floor Superman
5 Sep 2019, 14:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Hyundai to start manufacturing the Wearable Vest Exoskeleton (VEX) in December, plans to sell one for around $3,500, cheaper than similar products
Fighting Robots Videos Pulled Off YouTube for Showing “Animal Cruelty”
23 Aug 2019, 12:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Dozens of videos of Battlebots were erroneously banned from the platform upon “review” because AI thought they showed animals fighting
Boston Dynamics Robot Now Fights Back When Kicked
16 Jun 2019, 20:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We always knew they would fight back. Good thing we found out before they got access to our nukes and guns. But let's shut down Boston Dynamics, just in case
Watch a Squad of Headless Robot Dogs Haul a Truck, Military-Style
17 Apr 2019, 12:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boston Dynamics video shows ten SpotMini robots hauling a truck in the company's parking lot as the machines have begun mass production
Steel Sheet Wielding Robot Is Just What Trump’s Wall Needs
9 Apr 2019, 15:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering Romu robot can drive sheets of metal into the ground to help fight erosion
Boston Dynamics Handle Robot Shows How Fun Stacking Boxes Can Be
29 Mar 2019, 13:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Handle was designed by Boston Dynamics as a “mobile manipulation robot designed for logistics” as is now trained to stack boxes
Indestructible Four-Legged Robots Can Do Backflips Now
4 Mar 2019, 16:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mini Cheetah can bend, swing, walk upside down, walk right side up faster than a human, recover when kicked and do backflips
Gatwick Airport Hires Stan the Robot for Valet Parking Duties
5 Feb 2019, 10:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Stan is a driverless, electric forklift that can determine everything from the size of a car to the size of the parking space available
Humanoid Robot ARISA Starts Second Trial Run at Tokyo Subway Stations
11 Jan 2019, 14:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is preparing for the influx of tourists with the 2020 Olympic Games, in the context of a shortage of workforc
Hyundai Elevate Concept Can Walk Like a Reptile, Switch Bodies and Climb Walls
8 Jan 2019, 09:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The disposition of the vehicle's limbs make it capable of both mammalian and reptilian walking gaits, as well as reaching highway speeds