Robotics

The biggest problem with Skyping from your phone or tablet is that you constantly have to hold the device in order to make the best...

Last fall, it was exciting to watch Softbank's Pepper robot learn how to play with a ball-and-cup toy. And, well, Pepper's come quite...

The Henn na Hotel (or "Weird Hotel" in English) is one of Japan's newest attractions, having just thrown open its doors today for all...

Autonomous vehicles have been a staple of sci-fi for a while, but they're quickly becoming a promising, potentially life-saving...

Cyber attacks are one of the great threats of our generation. Anyone who's seen Mr. Robot knows that all it takes is one solid hack...

The problem with Terminator 2's opening scene is that it makes robot murderbots look incredibly cool. If given the chance, what...

In the ongoing fight between Macs and PCs, it's hard to deny that Linux has the biggest actual firepower. Case in point: the USS...

We all laughed when people started duct-taping knives to Roombas, but the laughter has long since stopped: we're at the point now...

These days, there seems to be a robot suited for just about every task. From writing songs to creating artwork, working as lawyers,...

This isn't a movie. This isn't a joke. MegaBots, an American company, challenged the Japanese company Suidobashi to a giant robot...

There are few jobs more obscure than that of a picker--though 'snake milker' and 'iceberg tower' certainly might hold the title....

There are a lot of people out there trying to make robots more human-like, but one group of researchers has created a robot that...

SALTO, which stands for saltatorial locomotion on terrain obstacles, is a tiny little robot with jumping capabilities that would make...

Are you a fan of Robocop? We have good news! Terrified of the prospect that artificially intelligent robots could lead to our...

All martial arts--even video games and fights between giant car-crushing robots--are as much about mental acuity as they are physical...

Robotics has come a long way in the past few decades, but it hasn't come far enough just yet. The Uncanny Valley still looms large,...

We've spoken about the future of robots and humanity previously, mostly in the context of them stealing our jobs or becoming even...

You know, we thought we had lost the capacity to be impressed by weird little quadrocopter-like drones. After seeing a guy skydive off...

Drones have gone from being novelty remote control helicopters to pieces of dystopian surveillance hardware, but we could never have...

Do you know what sucks about being human? Our stupid, boring number of limbs. Hands are really great, so why has evolution limited us...