Juicy bots: Withering passion fruit gives rise to a robot that can clean space junk
The patterns formed on a withering passion fruit hold valuable insights for designing robots.
Tag: robotics
NASA wants to build a swarm of tiny, wedge-shaped robots to look for life on faraway worlds
How to look for life on unfriendly bodies like Europa or Enceladus? Just make a bunch of swimmy robots and ...
Researchers develop ‘living skin’ and graft it onto a robotic finger
Researchers have successfully grown self-healing ‘human-like’ skin on a robotic finger.
Scientists use tiny molecular robots to transport cargo for the first time
Japanese scientists created a robot army that contains DNA. These fascinating molecular robots soon might get brains too.
These hard-bodied robots can reproduce, learn and evolve autonomously
Virtual code has become virtual DNA.
The swarm is near: get ready for the flying microbots
Scientists have developed minute artificial muscles to power Lilliputian drones.
Steam Power Might Help in Space Exploration
NASA is funding a steam-powered spacecraft.
NASA Explores the Use of Robotic Bees on Mars
Marsbees could cover a lot more ground on the Red Planet than sluggish rovers.
New “soft robots” are strong enough to lift heavy weights, delicate enough to pluck a raspberry
The new generation of robots is softer and gentler.
Biology can help patch the flaws in our robots, metastudy reports
Life to the rescue!
Burger-flipping robot will grill meat in 50 fast food restaurants
This will set you back $100k.
The army’s amazing 1962 four-legged Pedipulator beat Star Wars to it by 15 years
The '60s were very creative.
Scientists develop new, adorable class of soft robots
This cute, self-powered octopus-like robot could be a game changer.
A college course has been using a robot as a teacher and no one even realized
I for one welcome our new robot TAs.
Scientists are teaching robots to say ‘No’ to commands. Is that a good thing?
Researchers at Tufts alter the laws of robotics to teach robots to say "no".
RoboHow: the Wikipedia that teaches robots how to cook
An European initiative founded in 2012, dubbed RoboHow, comes to take up the challenge of improving the way robots work ...
MIT tackling more serious science: they program beer-delivering robots
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is on the brink of revolutionizing relaxation with their ...
Foambot can build new robots on the spot [VIDEO]
Another one from the realm of James Cameron's movies - a robot that can build other robots. While the technology ...
Teaching a robot how to sword fight might support safety advances
If you think giving a robot a sword and teaching him how to use is a bad idea, you may ...