How to shut down Spot the robot ‘dog,’ should you ever need to
Let’s say, just hypothetically, that a surveillance robot styled after a dog was giving you a hard time. In this situation, you’d want to shut the thing down, and quickly.…
Loyal robot dogs learn to follow their humans using prototype scanning technology
In a proof-of-concept collaboration, Piaggio Fast Forward (PFF) and Trimble have developed a prototype module called ‘PFFtag’ that allows swarms of robots to follow humans. The module is equipped onto…
Robot specialist Boston Dynamics offers rare look inside its workshop
In a rare move, robot specialist Boston Dynamics recently allowed a film crew inside its Massachusetts workshop and even showed off a new robot.
Tesla’s mesmerizing video features frunk-stamping robots
Tesla has just posted mesmerizing footage shot at its California factory showing robots stamping metal sheets into parts for its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles.
Future armies could use teams of drones and robots to storm buildings
An Israeli defense firm has shown off a new A.I.-powered system that allows for drones and robots to enter buildings to scan the insides to create maps.
A disembodied robot mouth and 14 other stories that made us laugh in 2020
Forget the challenges of the last 12 months and instead have some fun reading our pick of the quirkiest tech stories from the past year.
Watch Boston Dynamics’ robots strut their stuff in year-end dance show
Strutting their stuff to The Contours’ Do You Love Me, Boston Dynamics’ robots thrill with impressively agile moves that would put most human dancers to shame.
Man uses brain-controlled prosthetic robot arms to eat a Twinkie
A quadriplegic man, who suffered an accident in his teens that left him with minimal movement in his hands, used two prosthetic robot arms to feed himself.
Boston Dynamics robots (and a robot dog) break it down on the dance floor
Creepy or cool? We’ll let you decide after watching Boston Dynamics’ latest video featuring several of its robots, and their dance moves. Set to the Contours’ Do You Love Me,…
5 useful robots that will make your annoying chores fun again
While we aren’t living in any ‘Jetsons’ apartments just yet, home automation has come a long way. These robotic servants may soon replace household chores.