A Stricter Robot Bartender
No hooch-addled human in a bar likes to hear that he or she is being cut off. But what if the news came from a bowtie-wearing panda bear robot? Fewer fights, more peace in…
View ArticleHome Security Bots
Ever suspect that someone is poking into your stuff when you're not at home? Or that instead of taking care of the kids the babysitter is doing you-know-what? Or that Spot…
View ArticleRobots Borrow Hydro-Repelling Tech from Insect Legs to Walk on Water
A robot that can walk on water: such a miracle is one step closer to reality, thanks to some new research that learns from the work nature has done with water striders.
View ArticleRobot of the Week: the Friendliest Little Autonomous Explorer
Your mother told you never to speak to strangers, but what if the stranger was a robot on wheels, who was lost and needed your help? Thirty-eight people in this very…
View ArticleTeamworkbot Can Anticipate Your Needs
Instead of envisioning robots as either mindless slaves or potential overlords, couldn't we just figure out how to all work together? Cognitive scientists, neuroscientists,…
View ArticleRatbot Sees, Hears, Scurries Just Like a Real Rat
If there's one thing the world doesn't need more of, it's rats. But try telling that to the researchers at France's Institute for Intelligent Systems and Robotics (ISIR) who…
View ArticleTwo-Wheeled Robotic Table Balances Drinks, Segway-Style
Summertime, a cocktail party, stiff drinks -- what's missing? If you're a futuristic type, then the clear answer is: the newest butlerbot.
View ArticleA Ramen-Making Robot From Japan
Combining two of Japan's greatest strengths, a noodle-shop-owning electronics wizard has invented a robot that can make the perfect bowl of ramen. It took the 60-year-old…
View ArticleAnother Ratbot, This One with Bigger Whiskers
Encountering a swarm of genuine sewer-dwelling rats would send the average human screaming and jumping up onto the nearest chair, but there's nothing to fear -- and…
View ArticleiCub, the Open-Source Robot Child
It takes a village to raise a robot. At least, that's the belief of the creators of iCub, a humanoid robot the size of a 3-1/2-year-old child, who are making its development entirely open-domain. The...
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