Scientists created creepy living cyborg cockroaches that can be remotely controlled
Cyborg cockroaches sound like something ripped straight from a video game. But scientists have managed to wire a chip to the nervous systems of a …
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Singapore deployed a robot to stop people from spreading coronavirus
A Spot robot built by Boston Dynamics is exploring a Singapore park to remind people of social distancing guidelines. The robot plays a recorded message …
Astronauts on the International Space Station will control a robot back on Earth
When you’re a kid, few toys are as cool as radio-controlled vehicles. There’s just something awesome about piloting a tiny vehicle from afar, and even …
This robotic hand taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube
There are a number of very impressive examples of how artificial intelligence can accomplish things that humans simply can’t, but nothing is cooler than seeing …
This video of Boston Dynamics’ creepy humanoid robot doing parkour is equal parts amazing and terrifying
Robots have always had certain advantages over humans. They’re typically made of more durable materials than the soft tissue covering human bodies and since they …
Russia launches test of new rocket booster, sends humanoid robot into space
All eyes were on the International Space Station yesterday as NASA astronauts performed a spacewalk to install a new docking port that will allow commercial …
Even a robot has now mastered the ridiculous Bottle Cap Challenge
Over the past week or so, one celebrity after another has stepped up to offer their take on nailing the Bottle Cap Challenge. I thought …
NASA initiates plan to rescue its robot that’s stuck on Mars
NASA’s newest Mars robot has a serious problem. The InSight lander is a relative newcomer to the Red Planet, having safely arrived at its chosen …
Scientists invent a robot that can taste with its fingers
As the relentless march of technology continues unabated, robots have grown more and more complex. They’re capable of mimicking humans with increasing accuracy, but there …
This fake video perfectly imagines what will happen when the robots decide to fight back
Over the weekend, another of those freaky videos showing humans putting a human-esque robot through its paces began to explode in popularity, for reasons that …
Watch a robot dog pull a 3-ton plane in this unbelievable video
At a time when engineers have been perfecting robots that can perform skills like walking, gymnastics stunts, and warehouse-related box-sorting, researchers from Italy’s Istituto Italiano …
Here’s what a Martian sunset looks like
NASA’s InSight lander has been sitting safely on Mars for a number of months now after landing back in late 2018, and it’s already making …
A robot that kind of looks like Wall-E’s big brother helped save Notre Dame
Notre Dame was reportedly only about 15 to 30 minutes away from a fire completely destroying the historic cathedral earlier this week when Paris firefighters …
No one asked for it, but researchers built another back-flipping robot anyway
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology describe the new robot they just built and unveiled as “powerful, robust and inexpensive.” Among its abilities, the …
A Chinese girl got a robot to do her homework for her
We’ve gone from the days of “the dog ate my homework” to “the robot did my homework for me.” According to a report in recent …
China deploys new rocket-launching robotic ship, but it’s not built for war
When one of the world’s superpowers deploys a robotic ship capable of launching rockets it’s safe to assume that it’s going to raise plenty of …
Ford built a sweaty robot butt to simulate your sweaty human butt
Car seats have come a long way from the rigid benches drivers were forced to plop their bottoms on many decades ago, and today’s seats …
ESA’s adorable space station AI had an emotional meltdown in his debut
It’s been many months since the European Space Agency announced that it was building an AI for testing aboard the International Space Station. Named “CIMON” …
Scientists built an armed robot to protect coral reefs from invasive lionfish
Lionfish are incredibly eye-catching creatures, and they’re a favorite of salt water aquarium enthusiasts because they just plain look cool. They’re also an incredibly troublesome …
This cute new robot from Anki is definitely the droid you’re looking for
Who among us isn’t a sucker for a cute robot you can play games with, that you can ask questions and that beeps like a …
Watch a robot prove humans are obsolete by performing the most difficult task known to man
One of the many reasons I’ve lived in the same apartment for five years is because the idea of having to deconstruct and then reconstruct …
Scientists built a biohybrid robot out of living tissue and 3D printed parts
If you’re already scared of the emergence of robots and powerful artificial intelligence, then you’re not going to like the thought of building machines out …
Watch: This amazing robot never loses at rock-paper-scissors
IBM has already built a robot that can school humans in Jeopardy! and now Japanese engineers have built a robot that can best us in another of …
It is your patriotic duty to help these Americans build a giant robot that can beat Japan
Is there anything that would make you prouder to be an American than seeing an American-built robot defeat a giant Japanese robot in an epic …
Is it already too late to stop the robot apocalypse?
Look: Worries about the implications of artificial intelligence aren’t just the crazy ramblings of survivalist loons. Some of the world’s smartest people — including Stephen …
Robot that hitchhiked across Canada and Germany gets decapitated after 2 weeks in the U.S.
Sorry, hitchBOT: It looks like you weren’t ready for the U.S.A. after all. hitchBOT, in case you don’t know, was a hitchhiking robot that successfully made …
Japanese hotel replaces all human workers with robots and the result is horrifying
I have seen the future and it is awful. The Associated Press, via The New York Post, has published a dispatch from the Henn na Hotel in …
