- By Sebastian Pop
- October 15th, 2014
Now That Robots Can Take Care of Us, Let's Teach Them Morals
This way, we should avert the terminator scenario
- By Sebastian Pop
- October 13th, 2014
Snake-Inspired Robot Can Climb Trees and Sand Dunes – Video
The movements of a sidewinder were critical
- By Sebastian Pop
- October 7th, 2014
Plantoid, an Intelligent Robot Inspired by Plant Roots
It can bend and respond to sensory input
- By Sebastian Pop
- October 7th, 2014
Exosuit Eliminates Decompression Sickness Entirely – Video
Divers use it to recover sunken greek treasure
- By Sebastian Pop
- September 25th, 2014
Intelligent Fabric Can Make Flexible Robots Out of Soft Materials, Acts like Muscle
Soft robotics are seeing a rise in public interest
- By Sebastian Pop
- September 24th, 2014
Octopus Bot Glides, Shows the Worth of Soft Robotics – Video
Submarine life will never be the same again
- By Sebastian Pop
- September 11th, 2014
The World's Strongest Robot Is a Starfish, Survives Flames, Snow, and Cars – Video
It was created by a team of researchers from Harvard University
- By Sebastian Pop
- September 8th, 2014
Metal Pillars Are Nothing in Front of the Strength of MIT's Atlas Robot – Video
The humanoid robot easily pulls along a set of interlinked aluminum beams
- By Sebastian Pop
- August 28th, 2014
NASA's Swarmies Robots Can Inspect Earth's Water Pipes and Mars' Many Nooks
They have a webcam, Wi-Fi support and a GPS unit for guidance
- By Sebastian Pop
- August 20th, 2014
Hitchhiker Robot Finishes Its Trip Across Canada – Video
It looks like the robot suffered some damage during the journey, but it made it
- By Sebastian Pop
- August 16th, 2014
Swarm of over 1,000 Robots Forms Shapes Without Human Assistance – Video
All they need is to be given an order and they can collectively carry it out immediately
- By Sebastian Pop
- August 8th, 2014
A Flat Sheet Becomes a Robot in 4 Minutes Thanks to Origami – Video
It's basically a Shrinky Dink toy with some motors and extra circuits built in
- By Sebastian Pop
- August 6th, 2014
New Robots Use Wi-Fi to See Through Walls and Draw Maps – Video
They need to work in pairs to pull it off, but at least it's possible
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 24th, 2014
The Robotic Nose Will Help Search and Rescue Crews Save More Lives than Ever
The AI algorithms are based on the software used by alcohol detection systems
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 24th, 2014
Robots to Compete in Their Own Olympics Starting 2020
This could actually be a great incentive to accelerate their development
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 18th, 2014
MIT Thinks We Don't Have Enough Fingers, Gives Us Another Pair – Video
It created a robotic attachment that makes two more stick out from the wrist
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 15th, 2014
MIT’s Flying Robot Shines Light Upon the Heart of Fashion
Literally, it’s meant to fly around and keep models well lit even when they move