robots

AI is ubiquitous. From chatbots to virtual assistants to self-driving cars, AI is transformative. It does, however, raise pressing ethical and equity questions. How can we ensure that this powerful tool is accessible to all?…

A team of scientists is creating robots based on the movement of ancient animals, including pleurocystitids, a sea creature from 500 million years ago. Richard Desatnik, a Carnegie Mellon University scientist, collaborated with European…

If a robot can’t “see” a target object amid clutter, there’s a chance they will be confused. They lack what psychologists call "object unity," the ability to identify a thing even when they can't see all of that thing. Researchers at the…

Insect brains aren't big. In fact, they're about the size of a pinhead. Could studying insect navigation and behavior help us get to energy-efficient computing by way of robots? It's not really a straight line, is it? But it is... and it…

NASA’s 2024 Spinoff publication highlights NASA technologies that "benefit life on Earth in the form of commercial products." The 2024 version features 40-plus medical and other commercialized technologies using the agency’s R&D and new…

In August, the news broke that Amazon would acquire iRobot. Today, they announced that they’re terminating the deal due to not getting European Union regulatory approval. Under the deal, Amazon would have invested in continued innovation by…

I’m a big Star Trek geek and always figured the Federation got the short end of the stick in the Treaty of Algeron. They got the Neutral Zone, and the Romulans kept their cloaking tech and a promise that the Federation would not pursue the…

Scientists from the University of Twente in the Netherlands are breaking up hard-to-reach blood clots without surgery or drugs. They're using an innovative blood clot-busting millirobot the size of a grain of rice, which can swim through…

China wants mass production of humanoid robots, fast, and with a twist. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued a lengthy advisory calling on the country's manufacturing sector to "establish a humanoid robot…

Researchers from Tufts University and Harvard University’s Wyss Institute created tiny biological robots called Anthrobots from human tracheal cells. In a lab dish, the robots move across a surface and encourage the growth of neurons across…