Robotics

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...

Everyone knows that the best part of the original Iron Man movie was watching Jeff Bridges yell "Tony Stark was able to build this...

Last month, we featured a working BB-8 droid created by PatchBOTS, a new YouTube channel focused on creating movie-accurate props and...

If science fiction has proven anything, it's that humanity is never prepared for the robot uprising. But leaving aside the prospect...

Everyone who's watched Westworld is looking forward to a future that looks like this:When in fact, it may look more like this:Today,...

While the main show floor at Silicon Valley Comic Con in San Jose, California is mostly full of science fiction and superheroes,...

Let's be honest here: science is always better in video form. Whether it's watching a glowing nuclear reactor or checking out a...

We all love a good robot fight. But for those who aren't that interested in gigantic, car-crushing robots facing off in an...