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Hyundai Unveils the TIGER, a Transforming, Unmanned, Four-Legged Walking Vehicle
Hyundai Unveils the TIGER, a Transforming, Unmanned, Four-Legged Walking Vehicle

10 Feb 2021, 11:34 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Hyundai showcases its vision for the future of mobility with this innovative walling vehicle which is set to carry various payloads to inaccessible areas

 
Robot Dog Spot Now Has an Arm for Mobile Manipulation, Can Even Pick Up Socks
Robot Dog Spot Now Has an Arm for Mobile Manipulation, Can Even Pick Up Socks

6 Feb 2021, 08:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Boston Dynamics finally details what was thought to be a long neck with a head in last year’s viral video: it’s an arm for mobile manipulation

 
That 3-Minute Robot Dance Was a 1.5-Year Project for Boston Dynamics
That 3-Minute Robot Dance Was a 1.5-Year Project for Boston Dynamics

22 Jan 2021, 06:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert sheds some light into the kind of effort that went into making the company’s three robots dance like humans

 
Robot Dogs to Bark Korean: Hyundai Officially Buys Into Boston Dynamics
Robot Dogs to Bark Korean: Hyundai Officially Buys Into Boston Dynamics

11 Dec 2020, 13:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / South Korean carmaker Hyundai will pay $1.1 billion for an 80-percent controlling stake in American robotics company Boston Dynamics

 
Boston Dynamics Dog Robots Await New Master Hyundai
Boston Dynamics Dog Robots Await New Master Hyundai

10 Dec 2020, 15:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / South Korean carmaker Hyundai in talks with SoftBank Group for the purchase of Boston Dynamics, decision expected on December 10

 
Japan Blows Urban Mobility Away With Canguro, the Most Advanced Partner Android
Japan Blows Urban Mobility Away With Canguro, the Most Advanced Partner Android

25 Nov 2020, 14:05 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This android is used as an urban mobility companion; it includes Lidar, real-time localization and mapping, plus obstacle detection to enable self-traveling

 
Honda Self-Balancing Concept Is Meant for Disabled Racers and MotoGP Lovers
Honda Self-Balancing Concept Is Meant for Disabled Racers and MotoGP Lovers

14 Aug 2020, 15:51 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This Honda brand concept is meant to fulfill a once lost dream of racing. Amputees could benefit from this design to continue doing the thing they love, racing

 
This Robotic Prosthesis Promises a New Life for Motorcycle Riders
This Robotic Prosthesis Promises a New Life for Motorcycle Riders

13 Aug 2020, 16:48 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This Honda concept by Tom Hylton offers us a solution for amputee motorcycle lovers. A bionic arm made to bring riders back to the track.

 
Grant Imahara, MythBusters Co-Host and World-Famous Roboticist, Has Died
Grant Imahara, MythBusters Co-Host and World-Famous Roboticist, Has Died

14 Jul 2020, 08:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The brilliant electrical engineer with a sense of humor also co-hosted the White Rabbit Project, did animatronics for LucasFilm and built combat robots

 
Guardian XO Full-Body Exoskeleton Turns Anyone Into a Superhero
Guardian XO Full-Body Exoskeleton Turns Anyone Into a Superhero

9 Jan 2020, 14:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Delta Airlines will be using the it on its employees to reduce fatigue and strain, and increase work safety by helping the wearer lift up to 200 pounds

 
Arnold Schwarzenegger Humanoid Android from Promobot Makes a Splash at CES 2020
Arnold Schwarzenegger Humanoid Android from Promobot Makes a Splash at CES 2020

9 Jan 2020, 14:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Russian robotics startup brings the Robo-C to the expo and the world is forever creeped out: the robotic bust has 600 facial expressions, 100,000 speech modules

 
Boston Dynamics Spot Robot Dances in the Rain in First Official Ad
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

 
Caltech Engineers Teach Drone How to Herd Birds Away From Airport Airspaces
Caltech Engineers Teach Drone How to Herd Birds Away From Airport Airspaces

8 Aug 2018, 13:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / New algorithm allows a single drone to herd a flock of birds, avoiding catastrophes where airplanes collided with birds and were forced to make emergency landin

 
Forget About Fearing Autonomous Cars and Start Fearing Autonomous Robots
Forget About Fearing Autonomous Cars and Start Fearing Autonomous Robots

17 Nov 2017, 11:53 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Boston Dynamics are the undisputed leaders in robotic movement, and this latest series of tricks from their Atlas model will leave you in disbelief

 
Elon Musk Gets Called Out by AI Robot Sophia During Interview
Elon Musk Gets Called Out by AI Robot Sophia During Interview

26 Oct 2017, 15:04 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The anti-artificial intelligence comments made by Musk did not go unnoticed by Sophia, a human-like robot created by Hanson Robotics

 
Autonomous Cars and Drones Should Morph to Create a Hybrid Vehicle, MIT Says
Autonomous Cars and Drones Should Morph to Create a Hybrid Vehicle, MIT Says

27 Jun 2017, 13:41 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Driving is more energy-efficient than flying, but it is prone to jams and restricted to the road infrastructure. An MIT team takes the best of the two worlds

 
Flying Drone Test Suggests Repetitive Crashing Is the Key to Self-Driving Succes
Flying Drone Test Suggests Repetitive Crashing Is the Key to Self-Driving Succes

11 May 2017, 12:03 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / A team or robotics experts with an apparent hate for drones had one such UAV bang its head repeatedly into objects in the name of autonomy and science

 
Toyota Will Start Selling Its Miniature Robot That Keeps You Company, Kirobo Min
Toyota Will Start Selling Its Miniature Robot That Keeps You Company, Kirobo Min

3 Oct 2016, 16:39 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Remember Toyota's Kirobo robot? The one that went to the ISS? Well, it will be on sale starting this Winter. Japan will be the first country to get it

 
Our Mothers Were Right: It's a Dog Eat Robodog World Out There
Our Mothers Were Right: It's a Dog Eat Robodog World Out There

29 Aug 2016, 16:10 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The inevitable moment a real dog met Boston Dynamics' Little Dog just happened, and it predictably involved a lot of barking

 
Toyota's "Guardian Angel" System Is Its First Step Toward Self-Driving Cars
Toyota's "Guardian Angel" System Is Its First Step Toward Self-Driving Cars

8 Apr 2016, 12:44 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Toyota has been pretty quiet about the whole autonomous vehicles revolution, but it's slowly starting to show what that $1 billion investment last year was for