Robots are machines built to perform complex tasks that may be too difficult, unsafe or just too tedious for humans.
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Watch this terrifying robotic torso spring into life
Startup Clone Robotics has created an ultra-creepy humanoid torso with artificial muscles that are activated through a battery-powered hydraulic system and covered in ghostly-white "skin."
Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot can now 'play fetch' — thanks to MIT breakthrough
The future of smarter robots may lie in combining neural networks with advanced computer vision.
Drones could use 'robotic cat's eyes' to track targets more precisely than ever before
A new computer vision system inspired by the design of a feline eye could give future drones and other military robots the ability to track targets in low-visibility and dynamic environments.
Chinese scientists build fastest humanoid robot in the world — it can run at 8 mph
The STAR1 robot can reach a top speed of 8 mph with the added help of a pair of sneakers.
Defense startup developing AI-powered 'kamikaze drones' for the U.S. Marines
The AI-powered drones come in two configurations and can be assembled by human operators in less than five minutes, its creators say.
Tesla primed to sell AI-powered humanoid robots alongside its EVs in 2025. But will they be any good?
Telsa's Optimus humanoid robot will be among the first such machines to flood our lives when it launches next year, with more set to follow.
This robot could leap higher than the Statue of Liberty — if we ever build it properly
Engineers say they have created a design for a robot capable of jumping 400 feet into the air — and it could one day be heading for space.
Self-healing 'living skin' can make robots more humanlike — and it looks just as creepy as you'd expect
A combination of cultured cells and silicone could help robots appear more human in future thanks to realistic skin elasticity. And they can smile like us too.
This AI-powered robot has worked out how to solve a Rubik's Cube in just 0.305 seconds
Footage shows the record-breaking TOKUFASTbot solving a Rubik's Cube so fast that it appears to happen in a single move. But in reality, advanced AI is helping it rapidly turn the puzzle's colored panels in an imperceptibly fast sequence.
