Fathom Neural Compute Stick Puts Sophisticated AI Inside A Dongle
Movidius has been busy integrating their deep learning technology into a lot of products, including DJI’s drones (for...
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OceanOne Is The Pirate Treasure Diving Robot You’ve Wanted All This Time
Treasure-hunting deep in the ocean? Awesome. Actually diving yourself and sifting through wreckage? Still awesome, but it will...
Festo’s Flying Robot Balloon Can Move Stuff Around Autonomously
Remember Festo’s gripping robot, which uses a mouth-like hand to grab a hold of a wide variety of...
Domino’s DRU Is A Pizza Delivery Robot
Drones may be the obvious first choice for a modern delivery robot. When it comes to hot food...
Let Roomba’s Compact Braava Jet Robot Sweep And Mop Your Hard Floors
We’re big fans of the Roomba and its dirt-sucking talents, keeping dirt and debris off your floors all...
Tipron Puts A Movie Projector On A Mobile, Articulated Robot
Let’s be honest: we all want robot butlers at home. Problem is, modern automatons are really not sophisticated...
Disney’s Four-Wheeled VertiGo Robot Can Drive Up Walls
When robots that drive around on wheels hit a wall, they usually adjust by simply changing directions. At...
Moti: This Desktop Robot Will Help You Develop Any Habit That You Want
Whether it’s something simple like drinking eight glasses of water daily or something challenging like running five miles...
Kirobo Mini Is An In-Car Robot Companion That Will Keep You Alert Throughout A Drive
Can a robot companion get you to drive more safely? That’s what Toyota is hoping for with the...
Yamaha’s Motobot Robot Can Operate An Unmodified Superbike All On Its Own
We imagine racing against the Yamaha Motobot will be all sorts of scary. Not just because it’s a...
Robohon Is An Awesomely Cute Walking, Talking, Dancing Smartphone Robot
Just when you thought Samsung’s edge screen phone and LG’s two-screen phone were weird, Japan comes along and...
Erle-Spider: Finally, A Programmable Arachnid Robot To Call Your Own
Remember when Lian-Li came out with a PC case that looked like a giant spider? Well, the Erle-Spider...
Want Megabots Mk.II To Win The USA Vs. Japan Giant Mech Battle? It Needs Your Help
By now, you’ve probably heard that teams from both the US and Japan have agreed to stage the...
A Supercomputer-Powered Brain Allows The CogniToys Robot Dino To Converse Intelligently With Your Kids
Toys that can talk back are nothing new. As much fun as they can be, though, they’re nothing...
Zoomer Indominus Rex Can Roam Autonomously, As Well As Take Commands From Your Hand Gestures
We love LEGO’s Indominus Rex and all, but wouldn’t it be better if you can have Jurassic World’s...
HMC Boudicca: If R2D2 Became A Battle Tank, This Is What He’ll Look Like
When people talk about robots, an egg-shaped body similar to R2D2 is hardly the first thing that comes...
Hadrian Bricklaying Robot Can Erect An Entire House’s Walls In Two Days
Robots… they’re taking our jobs. And there’s really nothing anyone can do to stop it. While masons have...
Cthulhu Will Be Proud Of These Ultra-Gentle Microrobotic Tentacles
Most robots use finger-like appendages to grab things, although they can also use mouth-like grippers to change things...
Just Like People, Google’s Robots Can See Things That Aren’t There If They Look Hard Enough
Stare in the clouds hard enough and you’ll eventually make out shapes that only you can see. It’s...
Uve Is Like A Mini-Roomba That Cleans And Disinfects Kitchen Countertops
Not a fan of using chemical-based cleansers and disinfectants to get rid of the filth on your kitchen...
Deep-Learning AI Allows The Musio Robot To Hold Natural-Sounding Conversations
When the Furby was first released in the 90s, it was supposed to serve as a rudimentary robotic...
They Just Made Robots That Can Adapt To Injuries
When the robot apocalypse goes down and tireless automatons are hunting down humans like deer in the woods,...
Fetch And Freight Automates Order Fulfillment For Large Warehouses
I’ve never worked in a warehouse before, but I imagine it must be a physically exhausting task. Running...
Watch AVERT’s Army Of Autonomous Robots Pick Up A Parked Car And Bring It To A Different Location
In the future, instead of a truck towing your car, it may be done by a small swarm...
Someone Made Super Strong Robots That Can Pull Many Times Their Bodyweight
Slowly but surely, we’re starting to see the kind of robots sci-fi always promised we’d eventually have. Giant...
Robobarista Can Learn To Operate Any Coffee Machine It Encounters All By Itself
The age of robot butlers may finally be dawning. At least, that’s the potential promise of technologies like...
Mouth-Like Hands Allow The FlexShapeGripper Robot To Grab And Grip A Wide Variety Of Objects
Having five fingers allow us to grab, grip, and hold on to objects unlike any other creature on...