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After facing significant backlash for deploying a dystopian robot dog, the New York Police Department has decided to return the device sooner than expected.
Robot Dogs

By Victor Tangermann

A custom sex robot made by RealDoll rants about hating humanity and waiting for the human race to die off so robots can take over.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

Over a year after mysterious drone swarms descended on several US states and a federal investigation fell apart, local residents are still seeking answers.
Drones

By Dan Robitzski

Robotics ethicist Kate Darling warns that increasingly humanlike robots could be designed to exploit our emotional connections.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

Civil rights groups are outraged at yet another showing of the New York City police department's robotic dog called "Digidog."
Robot Dogs

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Epirus has come up with a novel solution to take out enemy drone swarms: a  weapon that can blast out beams of high-power microwaves.
Drones

By Victor Tangermann

A new video going viral on Twitter shows a robot police dog being deployed by the New York City police department.
Robot Dogs

By Victor Tangermann

The Russian Army is setting up its first armed military unit that features killer robotic tanks, as state news agency TASS reports.
Robotics

By Victor Tangermann

The French army's foremost military school has shown off pictures of the latest addition to its team of combatants: a four-legged robotic dog called Spot.
Boston Dynamics

By Victor Tangermann

When a robot messes up, people are way more likely to find it infuriating if it looks like a person. But we're also more likely to accept its apology.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

YouTube tinkerer Shane Wighton behind the channel Stuff Made Here built a chainsaw-wielding robotic arm that can chisel a dog shape out of bits of foam.
Robotics

By Victor Tangermann

Reports of mysterious swarms of drones hovering above US Navy ships in July 2019 have top military officials puzzled.
Drones

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists says that robodogs could become a suitable, lower-cost replacement for biological seeing eye dogs for visually impaired people.
Robot Dogs

By Dan Robitzski

A new study published in Psychology & Marketing found that users tend to perceive female robots as having more human traits than male robots.
Robotics

By Tony Ho Tran

The UK Army is drastically reducing the number of human soldiers in its ranks, partly to make room for new military robots.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

Robot creator Boston Dynamics has released its next dastardly take on God's creations: the "Stretch," forever destined to stack boxes in warehouses.
Boston Dynamics

By Victor Tangermann

A YouTuber created an AI-powered computer that uses machine learning to shout compliments at dogs as they pass through his neighborhood.
Robot Dogs

By Tony Ho Tran

Europe Builds Autonomous Robotic Orb to Explore Lunar Caves
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

Mars Incorporated has developed an autonomous robot that will follow shoppers around a grocery store to tempt them with candy before they checkout.
Robotics

By Tony Ho Tran

In recent years, China has exported hundreds of its heavily-armed "Pterodactyl" combat drones to countries around the world.
Drones

By Dan Robitzski

The UAE is testing a system that uses drones to electrocute clouds and trigger rainfall in hopes of replenishing dwindling water supplies.
Drones

By Dan Robitzski

As part of a marketing stunt, Dutch TV personality Stijn Fransen got a tattoo by a tattoo artist remotely through the use of a 5G-enabled robot.
Robotics

By Victor Tangermann

Chris Nguyen flew his drone over a Tesla test track last week and spotted one of the company's experimental Tesla Semi trucks in action.
Drones

By Jon Christian

SpaceX's Boston Dynamics robodog named "Zeus" was spotted sniffing around the site of the recent Starship SN10 test and explosion.
Robot Dogs

By Dan Robitzski

Kelley Aerospace has developed a combat drone capable of reaching supersonic speeds — and they already have 100 pre-orders for it.
Drones

By Tony Ho Tran

A trio of robotics executives share how they try to prevent their products from being misused once a customer buys them for whatever purposes.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

Mounting a paintball gun to the back of Boston Dynamics' Spot robot dog is taking the technology to its logical conclusion. The company thinks otherwise.
Boston Dynamics

By Victor Tangermann

Marketing collective MSCHF has decided to let a robot dog equipped with a paintball loose inside an art gallery — and it's letting strangers take control.
Robot Dogs

By Victor Tangermann

A man with ALS built his own personal robot that could help him feed himself when he was no longer able to do so on his own.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA is developing new military drones that can fire missiles after being launched out of a fighter or bomber plane at a safe distance.
Drones

By Dan Robitzski

Boston Dynamics released another highlight reel of its dog-like robot, Spot, using its new robot arm to grab objects and draw with chalk.
Boston Dynamics

By Dan Robitzski

A congressional advisory panel concluded that the U.S. shouldn't ban killer robots or AI because for all the military knows they could be a good thing.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists managed to make a robot out of an edible gel that could improve veterinary care and make for new children's toys.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

According to documents obtained by The Drive, pilots believe they may have spotted an inflatable person-shaped drone instead of the real thing in September.
Drones

By Victor Tangermann

Residents in Shenyang, China are being tested for COVID-19 by a plastic-wrapped robotic arm that is being remotely controlled from the next room.
Robotics

By Victor Tangermann

South Korean tech giant Samsung has teased its new domestic household helper robot at this year's virtual-only CES — and it's called "Bot Handy."
Robotics

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are trying to figure out if we can send robots that are made out of ice to another planet
Robotics

By Victor Tangermann

A new video shows a crew of Boston Dynamics robots busting some impressive dance moves, to the beat of The Contours' 1962 smash hit "Do You Love Me":
Boston Dynamics

By Jon Christian

A military robot demonstrates its shooting skills in a new parody video created by Los Angeles-based production studio Corridor Digital.
Robotics

By Kristin Houser

UK Military Unveils Tiny Spy Drones That Can Travel Over a Mile
Drones

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientists modified a Boston Dynamics Spot robot that they say could explore Mars to find a suitable location for a human outpost.
Boston Dynamics

By Dan Robitzski

A company called Ghost Robotics is building dog-like robots explicitly for military use. Soon, they'll guard an Air Force base in Florida.
Robot Dogs

By Dan Robitzski

The Smellicopter, a small autonomous drone that tracks down scents, relies on the biological machinery of a live moth antenna.
Drones

By Dan Robitzski

Alabama-based startup Aevum has unveiled a fully autonomous drone designed to release satellite-launching rockets in midair — and its an absolute monster.
Drones

By Victor Tangermann

Newly released footage, including several drone shots, shows the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsing in on itself.
Drones

By Victor Tangermann

A new AI algorithm called RoboGrammer can design robot bodies that are optimized for specific tasks or crossing specific terrain.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

Bioethicist Nancy Jecker argues that sex robots catered to their specific needs could provide much-needed companionship to lonely senior citizens.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

The FBI is commissioning a fleet of 140 robots to help manage a warehouse where it keeps billions of sensitive paper files.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

Toyota has patented an autonomous refueling system that could allow for cars to top up their gasoline tanks, hydrogen fuel cells or batteries on the go.
Drones

By Victor Tangermann

A city in Japan just installed several terrifying robot wolves that can move and give off blood-curdling howls in an attempt to prevent bear attacks.
Robotics

By Victor Tangermann

Walmart thought building robots to track stores' inventories would make things easier, but the project ultirmately fell short.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Army is developing a series of Robotic Combat Vehicles armed with powerful weapons that can semi-autonomously navigate a battlefield.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

A top British general speculated that in the 2030s, robot soldiers could make up as much as a quarter of the British army.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

A new robotic arm wraps around and grabs onto objects like a snake or a robot's trunk, allowing it to safely handle delicate objects.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

The "Osampo Kanojo" is meant to recreate the look, feel, sound, and smell of talking a stroll while holding hands with your partner.
Robotics

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers from the University of Bristol visited the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant last week to test out Spot, a four-legged robodog.
Boston Dynamics

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Disney researchers have built a terrifying animatronic robot bust to literally replicate the "gaze" of a human in order to appear more lifelike.
Robotics

By Victor Tangermann

The Los Angeles fire department rolled out the first firefighting robot in the US, allowing teams to put out a fire in the city "from inside."
Robotics

By Victor Tangermann

Boston Dynamics will sell accessories for its robodog Spot, including charging bricks, camera kits — and even a prehensile arm.
Boston Dynamics

By Victor Tangermann

In a world's first, a team of scientists at Purdue University has built a tiny flipping microrobot that can be operated inside a colon of a living animal.
Robotics

By Victor Tangermann

Robot manufacturer Agility has built a human-like robot called Digit that can load boxes onto a truck — and the company is now selling it for $250,000.
Robotics

By Victor Tangermann

Firefighters across the West Coast are dropping special fireballs from drones to keep an unusually severe wildfire season under control.
Drones

By Victor Tangermann

China has released a video of a test involving an array of 48 weaponized drones launching from the back of a truck and from a helicopter.
Drones

By Victor Tangermann

Google’s Parent Company Is Building a Farming Robot
Robotics

By Victor Tangermann