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Inspired by the classic game Robo Rally, [Ytec3D]’s Clockwork Derby takes tabletop gaming to the next level by combining steampunk aesthetics with automation. We recently had the chance to see …read more Continue reading Clockwork Derby: Digital Robo Rally, Steampunk Style
Autonomous vehicles are said to be safer than human drivers – but would you trust a mushroom behind the wheel? A new kind of “biohybrid” robot moves in response to signals from the nervous system of a fungus.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, Technolo… Continue reading Fungus learns to drive in “biohybrid” robots
A 5,000-year-old therapeutic practice gets an upgrade. Fully automated, heated robotic arms powered by AI ensure that Aescape’s massager provides a personalized, customizable experience that doesn’t require you to be naked and covered in oil.Continue R… Continue reading Customizable robotic massager: Health benefits without the awkwardness
While it seems that another humanoid robot is being released every week, we’ve yet to see one move as quickly or with as much precision as the model just released by Chinese company, Astribot. We dare you to not be impressed.Continue ReadingCategory: R… Continue reading Video of super-fast, super-smooth humanoid robot will drop your jaw
We’ve now spent several months with the latest wire-free Landroid robo-mower, and we’ve found it a mix of confusing, educational, satisfying and highly entertaining. Oddly enough, the one thing the Vision seems to need… is a bit more vision.Continue … Continue reading Review: Latest Landroid robo-mower could do with a tad more Vision
Scientists have long puzzled over why some dinosaurs had feathers and wings long before they evolved the ability of flight. Experiments with a robot dinosaur may now have revealed the answer – they used them for hunting.Continue ReadingCategory: Scienc… Continue reading Robot dinosaurs let loose to demonstrate hunting techniques
Using a novel design inspired by the Japanese art of paper cutting, researchers have developed gentle yet strong robotic grippers that can fold clothes, grasp a drop of water and ultrathin microfibers, lift 16,000 times their own weight, and turn the p… Continue reading Kirigami-inspired robotic grippers combine strength & a delicate touch
As much as a robot might excel at a certain mode of transport, as soon as conditions change it can become hopeless. Now engineers at Caltech have designed a new robot that can roll around on four wheels, flip them into rotors to fly, or transform for s… Continue reading Transforming robot drives, flies, crawls, stands, tiptoes and tumbles
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has countered the emerging threat of drone swarms, using the Tactical High-power Operational Responder (THOR) to take out multiple targets.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: US Air Force, drones… Continue reading THOR microwave weapon hammers drone swarms in demo test
Robots are cool. Everyone knows it, and [Eater NY] highlights a coffee shop with a robotic server opening in Brooklyn. While robots able to prepare and serve drinks or food …read more Continue reading Robotic Coffee Comes to Brooklyn, But Will It Stay?