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Live Science readers reveal whether they would use a hypothetical "pregnancy robot" — a humanoid machine fitted with an ...
Bees' flight capabilities are quite sophisticated, but strangely, the MIT roboticists ended up building a robot that sported 8 wings.
AI chatbots have advanced rapidly over the past few years, so much so that people are now using them as personal assistants, ...
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When her high school in Grosse Ile, Michigan, started a co-ed robotics team dubbed The Wired Devils, Maya Pandya thought she’d give it a try. The 17-year-old already excelled in math and science ...
For one thing, it’s a humanoid robot priced at under US$6,000 (£4,400). That’s not pocket change, but it’s orders of ...
In the not-too-distant future, the search for signs of life on Mars and the moon could see the next generation of robots exploring a new frontier: subsurface lava tubes. These missions could also help ...
Medical robots today are pretty dumb, typically acting as extensions of a surgeon's hands rather than taking over for them.
CU Engineering welcomed a packed audience to its Robotics Showcase on Oct. 17. The event, part of CU Boulder’s annual Research & Innovation Week, drew students, faculty and robotics enthusiasts, ...
Recently, the 22nd Liaoning Province Youth Robotics Competition successfully concluded at Chaoyang Normal University, attracting nearly 5,000 youths from 14 cities across the province. The event was ...
Robots have been a major focus in the technology world for decades and decades, but they and basic science, and for that matter everyday life, have largely been non-overlapping magisteria. That ...
Robotics Through Science Fiction, book review: New insights from old stories This edited short story compilation illustrates why AI is harder than the hype would have you believe. Highly recommended.