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A team of researchers from Brown University took control of a University of Washington robot to prove that hacking robots is far too easy.

It’s Really Easy for Hackers to Take Control of Robots

By Kristin Houser

A baseball player got ejected from a game after saying that players would prefer an electronic strike zone to human umpires.

Baseball Players Are Sick of Fallible Umpires. Robots Should Make Calls Instead.

By Kristin Houser

In a new study, people performed better at a cognitive task when a robot supervisor was in the room — but only if the robot was mean.

A Mean Robot Supervisor Could Make You a Better-Performing Employee

By Kristin Houser

China just announced new details for its Chang'e-4 lunar mission, including plans to study's the Moon's most ancient rocks for clues into its history.

China Will Send Two Robots to Study the Moon

By Kristin Houser

Children are susceptible to robot peer pressure, raising concerns that future bots might be able to influence children in dangerous ways.

Children Get Pretty Easily Peer Pressured By Robots

By Kristin Houser

We Have No Idea What Having Sex With Robots Might Do to Us

We Have No Idea What Having Sex With Robots Might Do to Us

By Kristin Houser

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Just Went For A Cool Jog In The Garden, Like It’s No Big Deal

Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Just Went For A Cool Jog In The Garden, Like It’s No Big Deal

By Victor Tangermann

Someone Just Used a Drone to Try to Assassinate a World Leader

Someone Just Used a Drone to Try to Assassinate a World Leader

By Kristin Houser

Human volunteers were less likely to turn off humanoid robot Nao when it protested, particularly when the outburst of emotion was unexpected.

Humanoid Robots Can Manipulate Our Emotions When We Least Expect It

By Kristin Houser

This Wearable Controller Lets You Pilot a Drone With Your Body

This Wearable Controller Lets You Pilot a Drone With Your Body

By Kristin Houser

Rolls Royce just unveiled the latest iteration of its cockroach-like robots designed to enter airplane engines and help repair them.

Rolls-Royce Is Building Cockroach-Like Robots to Fix Plane Engines

By Kristin Houser

Qbits for Cubists: Robots Made These Incredible Works of Fine Art

Qbits for Cubists: Robots Made These Incredible Works of Fine Art

By Dan Robitzski

The Digest: This Floating Robot DRAGON Can Change Shape Mid-Flight

The Digest: This Floating Robot DRAGON Can Change Shape Mid-Flight

By Kristin Houser

Poll Shows Americans Shun Physical Robots But Welcome Smart Home Assistants

Poll Shows Americans Shun Physical Robots But Welcome Smart Home Assistants

By Victor Tangermann

With Bees Scarce, A Drone Pollinates A New York Apple Orchard

With Bees Scarce, A Drone Pollinates A New York Apple Orchard

By Dan Robitzski

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Amazon Warehouse Robots Slipped On Popcorn Butter

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Amazon Warehouse Robots Slipped On Popcorn Butter

By Dan Robitzski

There’s Now A Computer Designed Specifically for Programming Intelligent Robots

There’s Now A Computer Designed Specifically for Programming Intelligent Robots

By Kristin Houser

This Aerial Robot Can Change Its Shape Mid-Flight

This Aerial Robot Can Change Its Shape Mid-Flight

By Kristin Houser

The Cyborgs Are Here: Researchers Put Living Cells In A Robotic Finger

The Cyborgs Are Here: Researchers Put Living Cells In A Robotic Finger

By Kristin Houser

Las Vegas Food Service Workers Are Going on Strike So They Don’t Lose Their Jobs to Robots

Las Vegas Food Service Workers Are Going on Strike So They Don’t Lose Their Jobs to Robots

These Hyper-Sensitive Fibers Might Stand In As Robot Nerves

These Hyper-Sensitive Fibers Might Stand In As Robot Nerves

Cute, Brainless, Self-Propelled Robots Could Someday Move Around Inside Animals

Cute, Brainless, Self-Propelled Robots Could Someday Move Around Inside Animals

By Dan Robitzski

Robots Shooting Jets Of Pesticides Could Cut Back On How Much Weedkiller We Use

Robots Shooting Jets Of Pesticides Could Cut Back On How Much Weedkiller We Use

Watch These Animal-Inspired Robots Find Their Footing

Watch These Animal-Inspired Robots Find Their Footing

By Kristin Houser

New Soft Robotic Skin Automatically Heals Itself, Even If You Shoot It Full Of Holes

New Soft Robotic Skin Automatically Heals Itself, Even If You Shoot It Full Of Holes

By Dan Robitzski

This All-Terrain Robot “Teaches” Itself to Walk in a Revolutionary Way

This All-Terrain Robot “Teaches” Itself to Walk in a Revolutionary Way

Robots Can Grow Humanoid Mini-Organs From Stem Cells Faster And Better Than People

Robots Can Grow Humanoid Mini-Organs From Stem Cells Faster And Better Than People

By Dan Robitzski

This Cute Little Robot Fly Is The First Without A Wire

This Cute Little Robot Fly Is The First Without A Wire

Don’t Be Shy. This AI Robot Just Wants to Help You Get Dressed.

Don’t Be Shy. This AI Robot Just Wants to Help You Get Dressed.

By Kristin Houser

Here’s What We Know About The Robots That Might Build Our First Homes on the Moon

Here’s What We Know About The Robots That Might Build Our First Homes on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

You’ll Be Able to Buy a Boston Dynamics SpotMini Soon, Please Don’t Teach It To Kill

Boston Dynamics

You’ll Be Able to Buy a Boston Dynamics SpotMini Soon, Please Don’t Teach It To Kill

By Victor Tangermann

Criminals Are Now Using Swarms Of Small Drones To Befuddle Law Enforcement

Criminals Are Now Using Swarms Of Small Drones To Befuddle Law Enforcement

By Victor Tangermann

Tiny Robots Will Deliver Your Lunch, Because We Hate Human Interaction

Tiny Robots Will Deliver Your Lunch, Because We Hate Human Interaction

By Victor Tangermann

Japan Is Replacing Its Aging Construction Workers With Robots

Japan Is Replacing Its Aging Construction Workers With Robots

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon Is Ramping up Its (Still Rather) Secretive Home Robot Project

Amazon Is Ramping up Its (Still Rather) Secretive Home Robot Project

By Kristin Houser

IKEA Furniture Tests Your Relationship, Also Robots

IKEA Furniture Tests Your Relationship, Also Robots

By Victor Tangermann

“Cow FitBits” Won’t Make Cows Happier Because They’re Not Milk Robots

“Cow FitBits” Won’t Make Cows Happier Because They’re Not Milk Robots

By Victor Tangermann

Lawmakers Want You to Be Able to Sue Robots

Lawmakers Want You to Be Able to Sue Robots

By Claudia Geib

Video: Jesus Saves, but Drone Delivers This Catholic Church from Boredom

Video: Jesus Saves, but Drone Delivers This Catholic Church from Boredom

By Kristin Houser

Russia Debuts Postal Drone, Which Immediately Crashes Into Wall

Russia Debuts Postal Drone, Which Immediately Crashes Into Wall

By Alexandra Ossola

Chipotle Once Delivered Burritos to Hungry College Students…Via Drone

Chipotle Once Delivered Burritos to Hungry College Students…Via Drone

Pacific Rim’s Robots Are Less Advanced Than Some of Today’s Real Robots

Pacific Rim’s Robots Are Less Advanced Than Some of Today’s Real Robots

By Kristin Houser

Amazon’s Latest Patent Would Make Drones Responsive To Yelling and Arm-Flailing

Amazon’s Latest Patent Would Make Drones Responsive To Yelling and Arm-Flailing

By Victor Tangermann

L’Oreal Buys Augmented Reality Beauty App, Allowing Robots To Point Out Our Every Flaw

L’Oreal Buys Augmented Reality Beauty App, Allowing Robots To Point Out Our Every Flaw

By Lou Del Bello

What Will Future Space Robots Look Like?

What Will Future Space Robots Look Like?

By Chelsea Gohd

A Fleet of Underwater Robots Will Create Detailed Map of Marine Microbes

A Fleet of Underwater Robots Will Create Detailed Map of Marine Microbes

By Claudia Geib

Switzerland Is Developing a System to Track Drones All Over the Country

Switzerland Is Developing a System to Track Drones All Over the Country

This Terrifying Robot Wolf Is Protecting the Crops of Japanese Farmers

This Terrifying Robot Wolf Is Protecting the Crops of Japanese Farmers

By Jolene Creighton

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Facebook Wants a Robot to Be Your Personal Photographer

Google Is Helping the Air Force Analyze Drone Footage With AI

Google Is Helping the Air Force Analyze Drone Footage With AI

Fashion 2.0: Levi’s “Distressed Look” Robot Is Better for the Environment

Fashion 2.0: Levi’s “Distressed Look” Robot Is Better for the Environment

By Kristin Houser

Report Hints Porsche Might Have a Passenger Drone in the Works

Report Hints Porsche Might Have a Passenger Drone in the Works

We Now Have Soft Robots With a Sense of Touch. But Why?

We Now Have Soft Robots With a Sense of Touch. But Why?

By Chelsea Gohd

Soft Robotics Allows Scientists to Reach Out and “Touch” Sealife

Soft Robotics Allows Scientists to Reach Out and “Touch” Sealife

By Jelor Gallego

A Six-Foot Tall Humanoid Robot Could Come to Your Rescue During a Disaster

A Six-Foot Tall Humanoid Robot Could Come to Your Rescue During a Disaster

By Kristin Houser

Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics’s SpotMini Is Really, Really Determined to Open Doors

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MVPs at the Pyeongchang Games: Robots

As Drones Become Tools of War, Companies Turn to Hacking Them

As Drones Become Tools of War, Companies Turn to Hacking Them

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Dystopian Robot Tailor Makes Terrible Shirts

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Germany Pledges Not to Use “Killer Robots”

Want to Build a Better Climbing Robot? Copy a Cockroach.

Want to Build a Better Climbing Robot? Copy a Cockroach.

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Crappy Valentine’s Day, Robots: AI Is Terrible at (Human) Seduction

Robots Can Do Lots Of Things Well, But At Least They Can’t Ski

Robots Can Do Lots Of Things Well, But At Least They Can’t Ski

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Are Delivery Drones Actually Better for the Environment?