Drones can elicit emotions from people, which could help integrate them into society more easily
Joy, sadness, fear, anger, and surprise were the easiest to recognize.
Tag: robot
Spanish companies team up to create the first paella-cooking robot
Maybe, uhm, robots aren't so bad after all.
This robot hears with the ears of a locust
When biology and human technology come together.
Autonomous robot swarm swims like a school of fish
These underwater robots operate as a collective artificial intelligence.
A robot near you might soon have a tail to help with balance
My pets already have them so why not?
These are the droids we’re looking for: A new robot can assemble a pizza in under a minute
The aptly named PizzaBot 5000 can crank out pizzas all day long.
Chewing robot developed to test gum as a potential drug delivery system
That's a new one for robots.
Robot teches itself to do sutures by watching YouTube videos
Robots are far away from replacing doctors, but they're still nifty.
Robotic, seahorse-inspired tail can help people maintain balance through sickness or hard work
Cosplay enthusiasts rejoice!
Slothbot slowly, but surely monitors the environment
Scientists were inspired by the sloth -- the master of energy conservation -- to design a hyper-energy-efficient robot.
MIT’s newest, diminutive robot can do backflips and outrun you in every single way
It's cool, it's small, it can do a backflip off the wall.
Japanese hotel fires robots to replace them with humans
They took our jobs! Uhm... no wait... we took their jobs!!
Researchers design the first soft robot that moves like a plant
Which is to say, slowly!
Nuclear-powered ‘tunnelbot’ could probe the depths of Europa’s oceans
Europa's almost as cold as your ex's heart, just as frozen.
MIT designs and builds a plant-robot plantborg that can move towards light
Its name is Elowan and it probably comes in peace.
Japanese builder-bot offers glimpse into the construction site of the future
No more heavy lifting.
Novel system allows robots to learn new skills just by looking at you do it
Can it teach them how to love, though?
Tiny, new-generation robot can walk on land, water, or swim — while being downright adorable
This cutesy bot hides a lot of potential.
Supposed health benefits of sexbots have no meat to them, new study says
The science isn't in yet that sexbots benefit society in any way.