Swarm of 1,000 robots self-assemble in complex shapes
In a breakthrough in robotics, researchers have programmed a swarm consisting of a whooping 1,024 members which can assemble in ...
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Origami-bot folds itself from one single sheet of electronics, then walks away
Photo: Seth Kroll Inspired by the ancient Japanese art of Origami, engineers at Harvard and MIT ...
This author edits 10,000 Wikipedia entries a day
Photo: prisonplanet.com Sverker Johansson could encompass the definition of prolific. The 53-year-old Swede has edited so ...
Robot fish is remarkably similar to the real thing
PHOTO: MIT Isaac Asimov, the father of the three laws of robotics, made some startling predictions ...
Half of U.S. jobs at risk of being taken over by computers
Are you ready to greet our new office robot overlords? (C) MotherJonas An Oxford study ...
Psychic robot can anticipate when you want a beer and pours you one
There are all kinds of robots nowadays that are here to assist humans with their daily chores, both at work ...
Robot swarms hint towards the future
When you think of robots, the first thing you might think of are anthropological-looking tin cans that beep around and perform ...
Internet for robots comes online
Just recently European scientists have released the first part of the Rapyuta program - a global world wide web for robots. ...
What cockroaches can teach us about balance
Cockroaches are maybe the most amazing insects in the animal kingdom - they're simply made to survive. These little buggers ...
Robots work better with humans when you treat them like humans
Chances have it, if you're working in the field of manufacturing, medicine, research or even sales, that some of your ...
Silicon robot hops 30 times its own height using combustion
Researchers at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have developed a three-legged silicon robot that uses chemical reactions to help it leap ...
Robots: reviving the American economy, killing the workforce
The whole point of technology is that of aiding mankind, and it has done so since the advent of fire ...
A swarm of ping-pong ball-sized robots could be the next multi-purpose tinkers
A team of scientists at University of Colorado Boulder is currently working on self-assembling robots the size of a ping-pong ball that ...
Wave-powered swimming robots completes epic 9,000 journey at sea
After it was first cast out to sea less than a year ago from San Francisco's bay, the PacX Wave Glider, ...
Precursurs to real-life Transformers: tiny robots join together and fold into shapes
Scientists at MIT have created tiny, millimeter-scale robots inspired by proteins that join together and can fold into various shapes. Though ...
US waters have a new guardian – the tuna robot
The BIOSwimmer nautical robot takes its inspiration from the tuna. (c) Department of Homeland Security. This ...
What are the mechanics of trustworthiness? You need to ask a robot, ironically
Trust is in your genes. Humans are social beings, and from the dawn of the first community humans had to ...
The “clothbot” climbs up your pants and shirt. Yes, it’s creepy.
But, not in China, where researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese University of Hong Kong developed ...
Boston Dynamics’ Sand Flea robot can jump over 10-meters-high obstacles
Boston Dynamics is at the forefront of robotic research and development at the moment, fact very easily attested just by ...
Robot jellyfish that runs on hydrogen can swim forever in the ocean
After a three year effort, researchers at Virginia Tech have successfully managed to create a silicone robot that functions underwater by ...