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The adorable Loona petbot is ready to roll into even the coldest of hearts
Part virtual pet, part home surveillance tool, part STEM toy - Loona has many (digital) faces.
James Trew01.06.2023
Ottonomy's latest delivery robot can drop off packages without human help
Robot delivery firm Ottonomy has unveiled a new Ottobot model called the Yeti with a new automated package delivery mechanism.
Steve Dent01.05.2023
Hugging this pulsating cushion apparently suppresses your anxiety
Fufuly is yet another anxiety-reducing cushion from Yukai Engineering, featuring a gentle rhythmical pulsation as the main therapeutic tool.
Richard Lai01.03.2023
The Seagull Pro cleans your pool with a quad-motor system
The Aiper Seagull Pro is a new pool-cleaning robot with a quad-motor system and a $900 price tag.
Will Shanklin01.03.2023
Recommended Reading: The environmental cost of China's EV boom
Recommended Reading highlights the week's best writing on technology and more.
Billy Steele12.03.2022
This golf robot uses a Microsoft Kinect camera and a neural network to line up putts
At least Golfi won't fly off the handle like Happy Gilmore when it misses.
Kris Holt11.24.2022
Hitting the Books: How Dave Chappelle and curious cats made Roomba a household name
Lowen Liu explores the development of iRobot's Roomba vacuum and its unlikely feline brand ambassadors.
Andrew Tarantola11.20.2022
Amazon's latest robot picker for warehouses uses AI to identify objects
The company claims Sparrow can help make workplaces more efficient and safer, but reports have suggested there are higher rates of serious injuries at Amazon's automated warehouses.
Kris Holt11.11.2022
VR-controlled robots are being designed to treat injured soldiers
UK researchers envision a future where medical technicans send telepresence robots into harm's way.
Will Shanklin11.10.2022
Xiaomi's new 2-in-1 robot vacuum can wash and dry its own mops
The Xiaomi Robot Vacuum X10+ can automatically empty its dust bin, refill its water tank, wash its mops and dry them with heat.
Richard Lai10.04.2022
HP's construction robot puts blueprints on site floors
HP has unveiled a robot that helps construction workers put blueprints on the floor much faster than they could themselves.
Jon Fingas09.14.2022
Xiaomi beats Tesla to building a working robot
Xiaomi unveiled a working humanoid robot prototype dubbed CyberOne.
Richard Lai08.11.2022
A chess-playing robot broke its seven-year-old opponent's finger
In something out of Black Mirror meets Queen's Gambit, a chess robot accidentally broke a child's finger during an exhibition in Moscow.
Steve Dent07.25.2022
Proteus is Amazon's first fully autonomous warehouse robot
Amazon has also introduced a new robotic arm and scanning technology for fulfillment centers.
Mariella Moon06.22.2022
Robosen's Optimus Prime Transformer robot truck gets an auto-converting trailer
Hasbro and Robosen have launched a companion trailer for Optimus Prime with equally cool auto-conversion features and an equally steep $750 price.
Steve Dent04.13.2022
Hitting the Books: The case against tomorrow's robots looking like people
In the excerpt below from 'Human-Centered AI' professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, Ben Shneiderman, examines the pitfalls of our innate desire to humanize the mechanical constructs we build.
Andrew Tarantola02.26.2022
Scientists create cube robots that can shapeshift in space
ElectroVoxels are cheap to make and use electromagnets for reconfiguration.
Kris Holt02.23.2022
Yukai Engineering's cute stuffed animal robot will nibble on your finger
Om nom nom.
Kris Holt12.30.2021
MIT researchers create AI system that could make robots better at handling objects
Using a model-free reinforcement AI algorithm, researchers created a simulated, anthropomorphic hand that could manipulate more than 2,000 objects.
Igor Bonifacic11.05.2021
University of Adelaide built a robot spider to scan Australia’s Naracoorte Caves
In the southeast of South Australia lie the Naracoorte Caves.
Igor Bonifacic11.02.2021