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Robots That Learn From Watching You Are Coming Whether You Like It or Not

Nvidia wants to make robots smarter by making them creepier.

ByJames Pero
HORIZONS

These robots have one special skill that could make human chefs obsolete

Compliments to the automaton.

BySascha Brodsky
robot bonding

Look: Telepresence robots may be the future of travel

Why go to the trouble of booking a flight, hotel, and car to travel around the world when you can simply drop into a telepresence robot and travel from home?

BySarah Wells
at your service

Would you trust a robot hairdresser? A researcher explains why you shouldn't

Trust is a fickle thing to earn, and robots aren’t quite there yet.

BySarah Wells
say cheese

Robots are learning to smile and it's making humans cringe

Researchers from Columbia University have designed a robot that can smile just like a human, but just how well humans will react to this is yet to be seen.

BySarah Wells
getting personal

The emotional reason why you should let robots touch you

It could improve your mood.

BySarah Wells
IRL

See how the Mars Perseverance rover stacks up against sci-fi robots

ByPassant Rabie
Innovation

8 ways robots may transform urban nature

ByRobin Bea
I, Robot

5 ways robots and humans are becoming one

ByJoAnna Wendel
Reel Science

The Matrix Resurrections reveals a surprising truth about robots

Can robots and humans work together?

ByTara Yarlagadda
HORIZONS

A robot choreographer reveals why M3GAN — and all robots — should dance

“I think roboticists should become dancers.”

ByMolly Glick
Remote Momentum

How one company learned robots can be used for good in a blue-collar industry

“Ultimately, it evolves the worker's job, but does not eliminate their employment.”

ByStephen J. Bronner
What's so funny?

Horrifying: Robots may have just gained a creepy new skill

Remember: AI is laughing with us, not at us.

ByMolly Glick
bust a move

Are the Boston Dynamics robots really dancing? The creepy video, explained

No, dancing robots aren’t the next TikTok dance stars.

BySarah Wells
glow up

Super stretchy robots could provide superhuman sensing

This tech will light up biomedicine.

BySarah Wells
Space

Astronauts Are Testing How To Steer Robots on a Planet From Orbit

The European Space Agency has been hosting a series of robotic teleoperation experiments where an astronaut abroad on the ISS controls a robot back on the ground.

ByUniverse Today and Andy Tomaswick
The Abstract Podcast

Bringing robots to life

In this episode, we explain how social robots and mini drones could solve present and future problems.

ByInverse Staff
Science

How a High-Tech Fleet of Robots, Ships, and Planes are Working Together to Find the Titan Submersible

Sonar, marine, and aerial tech are currently on the move.

ByElana Spivack
Science

Groundbreaking new robots could solve the space junk problem

Machines that grip, grapple, and maneuver will soon have their go at maintaining the fleet of small spacecraft that encircle Earth.

ByCarolyn Devereux and Knowable Magazine
life like

This sticky spray can create biomedical robots on demand

It's alive (kinda)!

BySarah Wells
asking for a friend...

How NASA got two robots to talk to each other on Mars

Before it can message Earth, Ingenuity needs a little help from its rover friend.

ByPassant Rabie
Innovation

These tiny magnetic robots can infiltrate tumors — and maybe destroy cancer

Bacterial cancer treatments are coming back into fashion (with some futuristic upgrades).

ByJoanna Thompson
is this just fantasy?

Look: Scientists reveal biological “robots” that self-replicate

Is this real life?

ByJohn Wenz
Japan Mobility Show

The 7 Most Futuristic Robots, Scooters, and Aircraft at Japan Mobility Show 2023

The future of transportation is more than just electric cars.

ByJackson Chen
Culture

Scientist warns a new sci-fi novel challenges how we think about robots

Novel Little Eyes is earning critical acclaim. But a roboticist says the book reveals the dire consequences of bugs in the system.

ByDavid Grossman
CES 2024

Why Personal Robots Are the Sci-Fi Pipe Dream We Just Can’t Quit

From Astro to Asimo, the dream of personal robots is still just as sci-fi as ever.

ByJames Pero
Tech

Why The Future Of Disaster Relief Will Rely On Robots

Search-and-rescue missions need more automation.

ByKurt Kleiner and Knowable Magazine
Science

Intelligent “Plantoid” Robots Could Build a Mars Colony from the Ground Up

Roboplants could analyze and enrich soil, search for water and other chemicals, or even be used to grow infrastructure from scratch.

ByDario Floreano, Nicola Nosengo and The Reader
Science

LEGO-Inspired Robots Could Solve the Biggest Hurdles in Moon Exploration

A student-led team from MIT developed a Walking Oligometric Robotic Mobility Systems (WORMS) robot.

ByAndy Tomaswick and Universe Today
Click!

Jumping robots could provide a bug’s eye view of dangerous environments

ByRobin Bea