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Thermonator Is Here: Flame-Throwing Robot Dog Can Be Legally Yours for Under $10K
Thermonator Is Here: Flame-Throwing Robot Dog Can Be Legally Yours for Under $10K

24 Apr 2024, 12:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Advertised last summer and with a slight delay, Thermonator has arrived to market: flamethrower-yielding robot dog is "ready for anything," surprisingly legal

 
The Apple Car Failed, So Apple Now Wants to Build a Robot
The Apple Car Failed, So Apple Now Wants to Build a Robot

4 Apr 2024, 03:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Cupertino-based iPhone maker is still searching for its next big thing, and one proposal was a robot that follows the owner around the house

 
Knightscope K5: The Robotic Policeman On Wheels That Embarrassed the NYPD
Knightscope K5: The Robotic Policeman On Wheels That Embarrassed the NYPD

16 Feb 2024, 01:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After a remarkably short run making NYC's busiest subway station safer, we find the Big Apple's plastic robot cop parked in abandoned retail space.

 
NASA Summons Armies of Inchworm Robots to Build Us Homes in Space
NASA Summons Armies of Inchworm Robots to Build Us Homes in Space

6 Feb 2024, 13:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A NASA project called Automated Reconfigurable Mission Adaptive Digital Assembly Systems (ARMADAS) relies on inchworm robots to build space structures

 
Toyota Teaching Robots to Properly Use Their Fingers Without Code Programming
Toyota Teaching Robots to Properly Use Their Fingers Without Code Programming

21 Sep 2023, 06:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota uses a new robot teaching technique called Diffusion Policy to instruct robots on new tricks withouth using a single line of code

 
Nimbus Infinity Review (PC): A Decent Attempt at Capturing the Mech Action Genre
Nimbus Infinity Review (PC): A Decent Attempt at Capturing the Mech Action Genre

25 Jun 2023, 18:41 UTC · By: Cosmin Vasile / The sequel to Project Nimbus is a significant improvement over the original, but it’s still missing a key ingredient to make it a great game

 
Battle Shapers Preview (PC): Fight Corrupt Robots and Their Powerful Overlords
Battle Shapers Preview (PC): Fight Corrupt Robots and Their Powerful Overlords

11 Jun 2023, 12:22 UTC · By: Cosmin Vasile / Play as an android reawakened for one last mission to save the future of New Elysium from obnoxious Overlords and throngs of robots

 
Watch Atlas, the Humanoid Robot, Repeatedly Fail While Filming Its Viral Video
Watch Atlas, the Humanoid Robot, Repeatedly Fail While Filming Its Viral Video

27 Jan 2023, 15:51 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Some say that it does not matter how many times you fall, but how many times you get up. Does it apply to robots as well? Watch Atlas fail and let us know

 
Boston Dynamics' Humanoid Robot Atlas' Latest Trick Will Either Amaze or Frighten You
Boston Dynamics' Humanoid Robot Atlas' Latest Trick Will Either Amaze or Frighten You

18 Jan 2023, 20:01 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / If you have seen a bit too many sci-fi movies, this video of a humanoid robot might scare you. Even then, it is impressive how far technology has come

 
San Francisco Police Robots Could Soon Use Deadly Force if the SFPD Has Its Way
San Francisco Police Robots Could Soon Use Deadly Force if the SFPD Has Its Way

25 Nov 2022, 08:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The City of San Francisco is looking to allow its police officers to use unmanned, remotely piloted, powered ground vehicles as deadly force

 
Honda's Cooperative Intelligence Aims to Break the Barrier Between Humans and Machines
Honda's Cooperative Intelligence Aims to Break the Barrier Between Humans and Machines

2 Nov 2022, 10:59 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The Japanese automaker shined in F1 with Red Bull’s help but is now ready to make artificial intelligence more human-like. Tests begin soon. Here’s when

 
RoboTire Promises an Automated Tire Changing System: May Not Be the Blessing We Expect
RoboTire Promises an Automated Tire Changing System: May Not Be the Blessing We Expect

12 Sep 2022, 16:59 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This automated tire changing system eliminates some of the work carried out by humans and reduces waiting to 25 minutes. It's now being used by Discount Tire

 
Life-Hunting Tiny Robots Could Someday Roam the Deep Seas of Alien Worlds
Life-Hunting Tiny Robots Could Someday Roam the Deep Seas of Alien Worlds

29 Jun 2022, 11:08 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Dozens of mini robots could someday explore the oceans beneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus

 
Next-Gen NASCAR Race Car Crash Tested Into a Banking Wall at 130 MPH Using Driving Robots
Next-Gen NASCAR Race Car Crash Tested Into a Banking Wall at 130 MPH Using Driving Robots

12 May 2022, 12:32 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / NASCAR partnered with AB Dynamics to conduct a driverless on-track crash test of its next-generation race car, which is running in the 2022 Cup Series

 
Mad Scientist Creates Magnetron, the AI-Powered Microwave, and It Tries to Kill Him
Mad Scientist Creates Magnetron, the AI-Powered Microwave, and It Tries to Kill Him

21 Apr 2022, 09:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Maybe "AIs are meant to be more like imaginary friends,” says Lucas Rizzotto, after his frightening experience with Magnetron, his own Frankenstein’s monster

 
Japan Will Send Real-Life Transformer to the Moon in Star Wars-Like Lunar Droid
Japan Will Send Real-Life Transformer to the Moon in Star Wars-Like Lunar Droid

29 Mar 2022, 11:48 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / The SORA-Q robot was co-developed by a company called TakaraTomy, best known for creating the original Transformers toys

 
MIT's Mini Cheetah Looks Slightly Drunk as It Learns to Sprint on Different Terrain
MIT's Mini Cheetah Looks Slightly Drunk as It Learns to Sprint on Different Terrain

17 Mar 2022, 19:10 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / MIT researchers have given their robotic mini cheetah the ability to run. The robot looks a bit drunk when it sprints, but it gets the job done

 
British Architecture Company Claims to Offer the First Dwelling Units Made by Robots
British Architecture Company Claims to Offer the First Dwelling Units Made by Robots

1 Feb 2022, 15:04 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / AUAR is a U.K.-based company that offers customizable dwelling units built by robots. They are modular and made from timber sheets

 
All Your Favorite Robots Are Ready for the Holidays and Want to Spread the Christmas Cheer
All Your Favorite Robots Are Ready for the Holidays and Want to Spread the Christmas Cheer

8 Dec 2021, 17:01 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Sick and tired of humans wishing you "Merry Christmas"? How about letting these funny robots doing it for a change? Watch them getting ready for the holidays

 
Self-Sufficient N55 Walking House Is the Most Awesome, Idealistic Thing Ever
Self-Sufficient N55 Walking House Is the Most Awesome, Idealistic Thing Ever

6 Nov 2021, 11:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This module walks on six robotic legs to put any tiny home to shame, is fully self-sufficient and modular, perfect for a family of four