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Tiny Robot Cozmo Calls It Quits

The tiny robot Cozmo had its moment in the limelight, but in spite of raising more than $200 million, tech startup Anki – maker of the Cozmo robot - couldn’t find funding for its next stage of growth. The robotics developer announced Monday…

Watch These Snake Robots Slither

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new and improved snake-inspired soft robot that is faster and more precise than its predecessor. The robot is made using…

Teaching Robots to Handle Liquids

Industries as diverse as automotive manufacturing and retailing have invested in robotic workforces to do much of the heavy lifting and scanning tasks at which they excel. But robots deal, for the most part, with rigid objects that need to…

The Birth of Caregiving Androids?

Human-like robots with soft bodies that can care for older adults in hospitals and nursing homes may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but soft-formed, caregiving robots created through 3D printing technology could be right around…