Robot articles

• 

  Article

  MorpHex robot rolls into a ball, has six legs for roaming around

  By Sean Hollister on December 11, 2011 01:28 pm + 19 comments

  Star Wars destroyer droids and Metroid morph balls might be beyond modern technology, but their Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Nao Next Gen robot announced with dual HD cameras, Nuance voice control, and Atom power

  By Vlad Savov on December 9, 2011 04:46 am + 5 comments

  It seems like not every cute little robot has to go the way of Sony's AIBO. Nao, the product of Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Fleet of quadrocopters builds two-story foam tower (video)

  By Adi Robertson on December 3, 2011 01:57 am + 27 comments

  If you found yourself...unsettled...by the notion of quadrocopter construction crews, you may want Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Haptic Intelligentsia brings human touch to 3D printing

  By Bryan Bishop on December 1, 2011 12:50 pm + 4 comments

  Designer Joong Han Lee wants to humanize the way we deal with virtual objects in design and Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Roboden elastic USB cables could stretch into humanoid robots

  By David Pierce on November 30, 2011 06:44 pm + 4 comments

  For every time you've been just a few inches too far from the outlet, Asahi Kasei Fibers has a Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Starfish robot's supple limbs let it creep through cracks (video)

  By Adi Robertson on November 29, 2011 06:18 am + 14 comments

  Inspired by squid, worms, and other creatures without hard skeletons, Harvard scientists have Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Tiny robot can jump 3 feet high, fall, pick itself up again

  By David Pierce on November 28, 2011 04:24 pm + 6 comments

  Jianguo Zhao, a PhD student at Michigan State, has developed a robot that can jump in the air, come Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  'Address is Approximate,' a short film featuring Google Street View

  By Laura June on November 23, 2011 09:18 pm + 19 comments

  I'm not sure what it is about this very short film that makes me sad, but I also don't want to spoil Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Otherlab's Ant-Roach inflatable robot shows off feats of strength

  By T.C. Sottek on November 23, 2011 12:09 pm + 5 comments

  Otherlab's new 15-foot inflatable robot looks like something we created in Spore a few years back, Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Romo turns your smartphone into a remote control spybot

  By Joseph L. Flatley on November 20, 2011 03:16 pm + 7 comments

  While Romo isn't the first time someone's leveraged the computing power of a smartphone to control Continue reading…