Andy Samberg May Lead Radio Silence’s Next Movie
Image: NBC Since 2014’s Devil’s Due, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have been working together as the director duo Radio Silence. Between Scream 5 and 6 and Ready or Not,…
Goodbye Apple Car, Hello Apple Home Robots
Photo: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Fresh off dumping its electric vehicles project, Apple appears to be pivoting to something fairly different: household robots. Engineers at the iPhone company have been…
These Gun-Shooting Robot Vehicles Are the Future of Urban War
The unmanned Small Multi-purpose Equipment Transport being demonstrated by the U.S. Army at Fort Irwin, California.Gif: U.S. Army video by Spc. Samarion Hicks The U.S. military has spent the past…
This New Robot Is So Far Ahead of Elon Musk’s Optimus That It’s Almost Embarrassing
As if Elon Musk needed yet another reason to hate OpenAI. Figure, a startup that’s partnered with OpenAI to develop a humanoid robot, released a new video on Wednesday. And…
Tiny ISS Robot Performs First Simulated Surgery in Space
A two-pound cyborg surgeon performed its first simulated procedure in space, dissecting rubber bands that resemble elastic tissue to prepare for medical procedures to be carried out remotely in the…
Snap Recalls All of Its Selfie Drones Due to Fears They’ll Become Flying Fireballs
A couple of years ago, Snap (the company behind Snapchat) decided that the selfie production pipeline needed to be improved upon. Bathroom mirrors and selfie sticks were not cutting it.…
Roomba Won’t Give Amazon a Map of Your Home After Merger Implodes
Amazon abandoned its $1.4 billion acquisition of Roomba maker, iRobot, on Monday after regulators in the European Union threatened to block the deal. The deal’s implosion means the robot vacuums,…
Roomba Won’t Give Amazon a Map to Your Home After Merger Implodes
Amazon abandoned its $1.4 billion acquisition of Roomba maker, iRobot, on Monday after regulators in the European Union threatened to block the deal. The deal’s implosion means the robot vacuums,…
First Bipedal Robots With Hands Coming to BMW Factory
BMW has signed a first-of-its-kind deal to put “humanoid” robots to work at one of its factories. The robots, which are designed to be more operationally flexible than traditional industrial…
Elon Musk’s Robot Optimus Folded a Shirt But the Internet is Unclear on How or Why
Silicon Valley is racing to create the first generation of “humanoid” robots, with many tech companies promising consumers that they’ll soon have their very own, live-in robo-helper to do the…