Can AI truly be intelligent without a body to interact with and learn from the physical world?With AI chatbots being developed that can generate text, images, and videos, researchers are urging that AI must work with a body to percei...
Did you know that the parachute & diving suit were Leonardo Da Vinci's creations?He also discovered the anemometer.
Self-driving startup Aurora bets on lidar in first acquisitionAurora recently raised $530 million from investors including Sequoia Capital, Amazon.com Inc. and T. Rowe Price Group Inc.
Humanoid Sophia creator David Hanson Jr doesn't fear AI, wants to become its friendSophia is an artificial intelligence robot, who looks like Audrey Hepburn.
The policy hack: What's stopping i(ndustrial)RobotsChinese share in the robotic sales worldwide will be about 40% by 2019 according to International Federation of Robots.
New soft robotic gripper can screw in light bulbsThe gripper is unique because it brings together three different capabilities. It can twist objects; it can sense objects; and it can build...
The code that powers robots around the worldRobot Operating System - or ROS - is so widely used, it makes it easy for engineers to cobble together the basic skills a robot needs, such...
Neuroscientist Tej Tadi makes MindMaze break into unicorn club as Hinduja Group buys stakeMindMaze sold less than a third of the startup to a Hinduja Group entity for a valuation of more than $1 billion.
'Robotarium' to provide scientists with remote access to robotsResearchers will schedule experiments, upload their own programming code, watch robots in real-time via streamed video feeds and receive sc...
'Terminator' robot to save Great Barrier Reef from starfishThe robot is designed to seek out and eliminate the crown-of-thorns starfish that are wreaking havoc on the Great Barrier Reef's coral.
This robot reads WikiHow guides to make breakfastThe European research project RoboHow is behind the robots, called PR2. Each one combs instructions from the how-to site to churn out panca...
Soon, robots to get better at identifying objectsMIT scientists have developed improved object-recognition systems which could help future robots manipulate objects around them.
Rover to carry Earth's art, poetry, music to the MoonA team of international researchers has put together some of the world's best art, poetry, music, drama and dance onto small disks and plan...
New ultralight robot can walk like an insectWhat makes the robot unique is that it is also equipped with a great number of sensors and it functions according to a biologically inspire...
Seven of the world's cutest robotsWe rounded up some of the most physically reassuring robots there are. Some are soft and fluffy, others have big eyes that instantly regist...
A lotus in the machineIf anyone’s combined mechanical engineering with basic Buddhist philosophy after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in 1974, it’s Ma...
- Robot apes human, plays hide-and-seek
Robots are dramatically changing from being puzzle-solving machines to being more human-like .