One of DARPA's best-known research areas is robotics: it's funded everything from this super-fast cheetah to robots that could help evacuate people after disasters. At the IEEE robotics conference Continue reading…
A collaborative scientific effort has tested pollution-detecting robotic fish off the coast of Spain. The Shoal project, which has been running for the past three years, recently announced that it Continue reading…
Humans view robots as everything from personal assistants to harbingers of doom, but choreographer Thomas Freundlich sees them as graceful dancers. His latest show — called Human Interface — Continue reading…
Some may have called it "creepy," but tiny fabric-climbing robot Clothbot wants nothing more than to explore the surface of your jeans or jacket. The robot, presented at last week's IEEE International Continue reading…
A social initiative called Russia 2045 wants to put an end to death by creating robots that can replace our physical bodies and store our personalities on artificial brains — and they believe it Continue reading…
There are plenty of reasons why the Segway didn't revolutionize personal transport, but Honda thinks it has solved at least a couple of those problems with its new Uni-Cub "personal mobility device." Continue reading…
Honda developed a new personal mobility device to assist people in traveling during their daily lives. Continue reading…
Earlier this week researchers from the University of California, Berkeley took to the Sacramento River to deploy a fleet of 100 mobile sensors to gather real-time data about the river. The Floating Continue reading…
Just in case you didn't feel bad enough about crushing or burning murderously friendly turrets in Portal, an enterprising engineer has built a real-life version of our favorite stationary weapons. Continue reading…
Plenty of anime fans have longed for the chance to ride in a mech of their own, and now a Japanese firm is trying to make that dream come true with Vaudeville — a giant robot that you can control Continue reading…
