Robots are machines built to perform complex tasks that may be too difficult, unsafe or just too tedious for humans.
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Future robots could one day tell how you're feeling by measuring your sweat, scientists say
Scientists say a phenomenon called "skin conductance," which changes when you sweat, is a surprisingly accurate method for detecting emotions — with future robots that detect this able to tell your emotions.
Watch adorable birdlike robot waddle, fall down and leap into flight — it could change how drones take off forever
With legs and wings, the RAVEN can take off with no runway, and even hop along the ground.
NASA commander Suni Williams meets tentacled Astrobee robot on ISS
The robot's flexible arms are a technology demonstration that could one day aid in satellite maintenance and space debris management.
'Drones' swarm New Jersey and New York. How close are we to learning what these UAPs actually are?
Reports of unidentified flying objects in the northeast U.S. are on the rise, but so far officials have few answers for alarmed residents.
Watch Chinese security robot with wheels for feet scramble down hills and perform acrobatics
Footage shows the DEEP Robotics 'Lynx' model traversing on two wheels and four across tough terrain.
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.
