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Artificial intelligence researchers are studying the brain waves and eye movements of gamers to train an AI that can control fleets of military robots.

DARPA Is Using Gamers’ Brain Waves to Train Robot Swarms

By Kristin Houser

Drone startup Terra Drone says it will be testing a drone delivery system for Ben & Jerry's beloved ice cream cups in New York.

Ben & Jerry’s Is Testing a Drone Delivery System for Ice Cream

By Kristin Houser

A bizarre video shows how Chinese police have started using drones to scream at people who go outside without a safety mask about the coronavirus.

In China, Drones Are Yelling at People About Coronavirus [UPDATED]

By Dan Robitzski

Animal-rights group PETA wants Punxsutawney Phil replaced with an artificially intelligent robot that would be more humane and accurate.

PETA Wants Punxsutawney Phil Replaced by a Robot Groundhog

By Kristin Houser

Japan is building a massive humanoid robot modeled after those in the "Gundam" sci-fi franchise — and it'll reportedly be able to walk.

Japan Is Building a Massive Walking Gundam Robot

By Kristin Houser

Former "MythBusters" co-host Adam Savage got his hands on Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot for his "Tested" YouTube series.

Boston Dynamics

See Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Tackle an Outdoor Obstacle Course

By Kristin Houser

A Swiss researcher has created a prototype robot hand that uses acoustic levitation to move objects without ever touching them.

Ultrasonic Hands Could Give Robots a Lighter Touch

By Kristin Houser

The Indian Space Research Organization has unveiled a legless "half-humanoid" robot called "Voymmitra" it wants to send into space on an uncrewed mission.

India Wants to Send This Legless Humanoid Robot Into Space

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have built a flying robot drone called PigeonBot that features real pigeon feathers in an effort to understand the kinetics of birds' flight.

Scientists Made a Drone Fly Better Using Real Pigeon Feathers

By Victor Tangermann

Many of San Francisco's recently opened robot restaurants are already going out of business, as pointed out by a new Business Insider story.

San Francisco’s Robot Restaurants Are Going out of Business

By Kristin Houser

Japanese robotics company Vstone has created Hiro-chan, a faceless robot baby that transitions from crying to laughing when held.

Japanese Company Thinks Seniors Will Love Its Faceless Robot Baby

By Kristin Houser

Tokyo's Penguin Café hosts a popular event for robot dogs and their owners, many of whom dress the bots up, and even celebrate their birthday at the cafe.

A Japanese Cafe Is Hosting Playdates, Parties for Robot Dogs

By Kristin Houser

Mysterious Swarms of Giant Drones Have Officials Baffled

Mysterious Swarms of Giant Drones Have Officials Baffled

By Kristin Houser

Criminals are using drones to drop items infected with swine flu on herds of pigs in order to force farmers to sell the animals cheaply.

Chinese Farmers: Criminals Are Using Drones to Infect Our Pigs

By Kristin Houser

An engineer strapped propellers onto a robot vacuum, creating the ultimate abomination: a Roomba that kicks up more dust than it cleans.

This Madman Built a Flying Robot Vacuum Cleaner

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers taught an artificially intelligent robot to cook and serve hot dogs by training it in a virtual setting and then an actual grill.

Finally, a Smart Robot That Can Cook and Serve Us Hot Dogs

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at North Carolina State University are exploring if drones can be used to monitor the growth of Christmas trees in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Farmers Could Use Drones to Grow Better Christmas Trees

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers built a soft robotic bug capable of surviving harsh punishment like being flattened, stomped, and folded. It's creepy, but a huge step forward.

This Robotic Bug Was Designed to Survive Swatting

By Dan Robitzski

CIMON-2, the new version of the International Space Station's (ISS) bizarre, spherical robot assistant, should be better at picking up on emotional cues.

The International Space Station’s Robot Got an Emotional Upgrade

By Dan Robitzski

Department store Bloomingdale's incorporated robots into its 2019 holiday window displays — and the whimsical scenes could foreshadow the future of retail.

Robots Decorate Trees, Perform Carols in Store’s Holiday Display

By Kristin Houser

For the last six months, a highly-automated dairy farm has been floating off the coast of the Netherlands, providing city slickers with fresh milk.

35 Cows Live on a Floating Dairy Farm Staffed by Robots

By Dan Robitzski

Turkey's military expects to have its hands on the first Songars, a drone equipped with a machine gun, before the end of 2019.

Middle Eastern Nation First to Buy Drone Armed With Machine Gun

By Kristin Houser

Makr Shakr, the company behind a robot bartender called Toni, says it will offer monthly stipends to displaced workers for every robot it sells.

Robot Bartender Developer Wants to Pay the Humans It Replaces

By Dan Robitzski

SoftBank Robotics has opened the Pepper PARLOR, a cafe where robots work alongside human staff to serve and entertain customers.

Cafe Staffed by Robots Opens in Japan

By Kristin Houser

The best way to help robots learn to deal with new challenges might be to let them explore the world like children do: in supervised day care centers

This Psychologist Wants to Create Day Care Centers for Robots

By Kristin Houser

Japanese researchers have unveiled a quadruped robot that uses a combination of sensors and AI to climb straight up a ladder.

Watch a Dog-Like Robot Climb Straight up a Ladder

By Kristin Houser

A U.S. police force has tested the capabilities of a robot dog for the first time, but it's keeping mum on the exact details of the bot's use.

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It’s Official: Police Are Testing Out Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog

By Kristin Houser

When a robot talked trash against its opponents, it hurt their feelings and they performed worse at a game researchers use to study human rationality.

Study: Trash-Talking Robots Can Hurt Your Delicate Feelings

By Kristin Houser

A team of researchers from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed a drone (SQUID) that can be shot high up into the sky using a special cannon.

Watch NASA’s Truck-Mounted Cannon Shoot Drones Into the Sky

By Victor Tangermann

In order to make robots more effective at their jobs, scientists suggest programming them with an inate fear of their own deaths.

To Make Robots Perform Better, Make Them Constantly Fear Death

By Dan Robitzski

Last week, Sophia the robot answered a question about love by saying it doesn't have sex. Now, Sophia's developers say the robot got confused.

Sophia the Robot Says She Doesn’t Have Sex, Confusing Creators

By Dan Robitzski

Chilean protestors banded together to disable a hovering police drone using hundreds of consumer laser pointers in a dazzling concerted effort.

Watch Protestors Kill a Drone Using Hundreds of Laser Pointers

By Dan Robitzski

Asked whether it's ever been in love, Sophia the Robot told the crowd at the 2019 Web Summit that "No. I don't do sexual activities."

Sophia the Robot Tells Crowded Room That It Doesn’t Have Sex

By Dan Robitzski

AI-AItech, the company behind a sex robot named Emma, plans to release a more realistic model that can walk, move its arms, and breathe in and out.

This Company Invented a Sex Robot That Breathes

By Dan Robitzski

In a video uploaded by MIT's Biomimetics department, nine Mini Cheetah robots can be seen rustling up some autumn leaves and doing the occasional backflip.

Watch a Pack of MIT’s Mini Robots Cavort in Autumn Leaves

By Victor Tangermann

China is actively selling killer drones to the Middle East, and one company is working to market its fully-autonomous robots.

China Is Selling Autonomous Killer Drones to the Middle East

By Dan Robitzski

An alien-themed brothel in Nevada called Alien Cathouse just bought an AI sex robot to cater to clients with unusual fetishes.

An Alien-Themed Brothel Just Bought a Sex Robot

By Dan Robitzski

Russian startup Promobot says it can create robot clones of any person, from Michael Jordan to William Shakespeare to you.

A Russian Startup Is Selling Robot Clones of Real People

By Kristin Houser

A mysterious robotics company wants to buy the rights to someone's face so it can put them on its new line of virtual humanoid companion robots.

Startup: We’ll Pay You $125,000 to Turn Your Face Into Robot Skin

By Dan Robitzski

MIT researchers have created a fleet of robot cubes that can move autonomously, climbing, spinning, and even jumping to form shapes.

Watch MIT’s Robot Cubes Self-Assemble Into Structures

By Kristin Houser

According to U.S. President Donald Trump, the military brought a robot along for the raid that led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Trump Claims Troops Brought Robot on Mission to Kill ISIS Leader

By Kristin Houser

A team of surgeons from Charlotte, North Carolina have demonstrated new surgery robot technology by carving a jack-o-lantern and removing its seeds.

Watch a Surgery Robot Operate on a Jack-o’-Lantern

By Victor Tangermann

Ford Patents Drone That Pops Out of a Car’s Trunk

Ford Patents Drone That Pops Out of a Car’s Trunk

By Kristin Houser

When deployed its remote-controlled robot tanks in Syria, the Russian military ran into all sorts of problems like delayed signals and inadequate sensors.

Russia’s Semi-Autonomous Robot Tanks Were Utterly Useless in Syria

By Dan Robitzski

OpenAI build an AI-powered robot hand that can solve a Rubik's cube more often than not, even when they started messing around with it.

Watch a Robot Hand Solve a Rubik’s Cube

By Dan Robitzski

A local photographer used his heat-seeking drone to find a six-year-old boy who'd gotten lost in a cornfield in Minnesota.

Man Uses His Heat-Seeking Drone to Find Missing Child

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. military is developing non-invasive technology that would allow soldiers to control drones with just their brain.

The Pentagon Wants to Control Drones With Soldiers’ Brain Waves

By Kristin Houser

A robodog does a push-up every time the Virginia Tech football team scores a touchdown, putting a high-tech twist on an old college tradition.

Robodog Replaces Cheerleaders in College’s Touchdown Celebration

By Kristin Houser

Japan's biggest airline believes robot avatars are the future of travel, allowing people to visit far-off destinations without leaving their homes.

Airline Unveils Robot Avatars It Hopes Will Replace Flying

By Kristin Houser

Robots Could Be Performing a Third of U.S. Surgeries by 2021

Robots Could Be Performing a Third of U.S. Surgeries by 2021

A woman tried to call for help via a Knightscope security robot covered in "police" markings, just to be told to step aside.

Police Robot Ignores Woman Trying to Call Police

By Dan Robitzski

Startup Anduril has built an anti-drone quadcopter for the U.S. military that kills other drones by slamming into them at 100 miles per hour.

See a Drone Kill Another Drone by Slamming Into It at 100 MPH

By Kristin Houser

Toyota, Japanese tech giant, is using virtual reality to teach a home helper robot how to fulfill random tasks around the house.

Toyota Used VR to Teach a Home Helper Robot How to Clean

By Victor Tangermann

Using a camera-equipped drone, police were able to track down a fugitive living in a tiny cave after escaping from a prison camp 17 years ago.

Police Drone Catches Fugitive Living in Remote Cave

By Kristin Houser

The Russian military is poised to begin testing Belgorod, a submarine that can launch six thermonuclear warhead-carrying deep sea drones.

New Russian Submarine Can Launch Nuke-Carrying Drones

By Dan Robitzski

The video uploaded by the Russia Defense Ministry shows the unusual combat drone aircraft take off next to a Russian S-57 advanced combat jet.

Watch Russia’s Combat Drone Fly Next to a Fighter Jet

By Victor Tangermann

Autoblow is taking pre-orders for its "Autoblow AI," which promises to harness the power of AI to provide users with the perfect oral sex experience.

This AI-Powered Oral Sex Robot Puts the “Deep” in Deep Learning

By Victor Tangermann

A new video uploaded by Boston Dynamics shows off the robotics company's humanoid robot called Atlas perform an impressive gymnastics routine.

Boston Dynamics

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Humanoid Nail a Tricky Gymnastics Routine

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers created an autonomous roofing drone by strapping a nail gun to an octocopter and using cameras and markers to teach it where to place nails.

Researchers Strapped a Nail Gun to an Autonomous Drone

By Kristin Houser

Alphabet-owned company Wing announced a partnership with FedEx and Walgreens to start making drone deliveries as soon as October.

Walgreens Will Start Making Drone Deliveries in October

By Victor Tangermann

The FBI arrested a man who used his drone to drop a homemade bomb on his ex's home, potentially heralding a terrifying era of futuristic, violent crimes.

FBI Arrests Man For Bombing Ex’s House With a Drone

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists built rudimentary soft robots that are controlled and steered by living neurons and muscles, just like a living organism.

Scientists Built Tiny Robots Powered by Muscles and Nerves

By Dan Robitzski

A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin used a drone to fly his electronics out of his high-rise apartment prior to a police raid on his home.

Putin Critic Uses Drone to Save Hard Drives Before Police Raid

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created a robot fish that can "fly" up to 85 feet by shooting a steady stream of water out of its rear end.

Watch a Robot Fish Fly by Shooting Water out of Its Rear

By Kristin Houser