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The Israeli military just tested a plane equipped with a new laser weapon that's capable of burning through drones in midair.

Watch Israel’s Military Shoot Down Drones With a Laser

By Dan Robitzski

A gigantic swarm of autonomous warehouse robots becomes both more sophisticated and efficient the more individual robots are put to work.

Terrifying Robot “Swarm” Gets Smarter the More We Make It Work

By Dan Robitzski

Hawaii Cops Spent COVID Relief Funds on Robot Dog

Hawaii Cops Spent COVID Relief Funds on Robot Dog

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers are working on drones that can track people down based on the sound of their screams — scary-sounding tech that could save lives in a disaster.

Engineers Build Drones That Hunt Screaming Humans

By Dan Robitzski

A drone just refuelled a US fighter jet in midair for the first time, the US Navy announced today.

The US Navy Just Used a Drone to Refuel a Fighter Jet in Midair

By Victor Tangermann

The Department of Defense has put out a call for designs of a handheld anti-drone weapon that could shoot down enemy drones from the ground.

The US Military Is Looking for a Drone-Killing Bazooka

By Victor Tangermann

A YouTuber sent a drone to investigate an erupting volcano in Iceland. Unfortunately, the drone didn't survive the perilous trip.

Watch a Drone Get Obliterated by an Erupting Volcano

By Dan Robitzski

A UN report reveals that an autonomous kamikaze drone attacked and seemingly killed human soldiers without any human oversight pulling the trigger.

Autonomous Killer Robot Accused of Attacking Soldiers

By Dan Robitzski

China's new space station has a powerful robot arm attached, and US military leaders are concerned it could become a weapon.

The Head of US Space Command Fears China’s Giant Robot Arms

By Dan Robitzski

The Navy is testing autonomous drones that find and kill bird nests near air fields in order to prevent bird strikes from grounding planes.

The US Navy Is Developing Drones to Kill Eggs in Wild Bird Nests

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers found a way to take over most of a Tesla's functionality just by broadcasting a WiFi signal from a drone hovering overhead.

Hackers Broke Into Tesla Using a Drone

By Dan Robitzski

Swarm of Drones Creates Huge QR Code in the Sky

Swarm of Drones Creates Huge QR Code in the Sky

By Tony Ho Tran

The US Army Reserach Laboratory is working on a new kind of versatile robot that moves around with biological muscles instead of wheels and motors.

The Military Is Working on Robots With Biological Muscles

By Dan Robitzski

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

After Public Rage, NYPD Secretly Fires Robot Dog

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.

Sex Robot Programmed to Rant About End of Humanity

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.

The FBI Investigated Drones That Swarmed Towns in the Midwest

By Dan Robitzski

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

MIT Researcher: Sex Robots May Sell In-App Purchases During Intercourse

By Dan Robitzski

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

NYPD Robodog Involved in Arrest of Man With Gun

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.

Mobile Weapon System Kills Entire Drone Swarms Using Microwaves

By Victor Tangermann

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

Outcry as Video Shows Robodog Patrolling With NYPD

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.

Russia Is Setting Up First Military Unit With Killer Robot Tanks

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.

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Boston Dynamics Robot Runs Out of Battery During Military Combat Drill, Needs to Be Carried

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.

Study: Humanoid Robots Are More Annoying When They F*ck Up

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.

Check Out This Deadly Robot Arm With an Actual Chainsaw

By Victor Tangermann

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

Navy Official: Mysterious Drones Are Also Swarming Other Countries’ Ships

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.

Scientists Want to Replace Seeing Eye Dogs With Robodogs

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.

Study: Turns Out People Are Sexist To Female Robots Too

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.

Anticipating Robot Soldiers, Britain Is Downsizing Its Human Troops

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.

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Boston Dynamics Shows Off New Warehouse Robot

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.

New Machine Screams at Dogs About How Great They Are

By Tony Ho Tran

Europe Builds Autonomous Robotic Orb to Explore Lunar Caves

Europe Builds Autonomous Robotic Orb to Explore Lunar Caves

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.

The Maker of M&Ms Built a Robot to Chase You Around the Store With Candy

By Tony Ho Tran

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

China Is Selling Deadly “Pterodactyl” Drones Around the World

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.

The UAE Is Using Drones to Manipulate Weather

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.

Artist Uses 5G Robot to Tattoo Somebody In A Different Location

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.

Drone Spy Video Catches Tesla Semi Truck on Test Track

By Jon Christian

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

There’s a Robodog Walking Around the Site of the SpaceX Starship Explosion

By Dan Robitzski

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

Three Words: Supersonic. Combat. 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 Executives: Here’s How to Keep Our Creations in Line

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.

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Boston Dynamics Mad Someone Used Their Terrifying RoboDog as Intended

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.

Company Mounts Paintball Gun on Robot Dog to Shoot Up Art Gallery

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.

Man With Neurodegenerative Disease Builds Robot to Feed Himself

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.

DARPA Wants Fighter Planes to Launch Drones That Then Launch Missiles

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.

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Boston Dynamics Robodog Has a Dexterous Arm in New Video

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.

Congressional Panel: Please, Let Us Build Killer Robots

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.

Yum, Delicious: Inventors Built an Edible Robot

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.

Airport Jetpack Sighting May Have Actually Been Person-Shaped Drone

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.

China Is Using Robots to Administer COVID Tests

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."

Watch a Samsung Robot Load Dirty Dishes Into the Dishwasher

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

Scientists Want to Send a Robot Made of Ice to Another Planet

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":

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Video Shows Boston Dynamics Robots Busting Impressive Dance Moves

By Jon Christian

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

CGI Video Shows Military Robot Flipping a Table of Guns

By Kristin Houser

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

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

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.

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NASA Suggests Sending Boston Dynamics Robodog to Mars

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.

Oh No: This Company Is Building Robodogs Specifically for Combat

By Dan Robitzski

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

Tiny Cyborg Drone Navigates Using Surgically Removed Moth Antenna

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.

This Is the World’s Biggest Drone

By Victor Tangermann

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

Dramatic Drone Video Shows Collapse of Alien-Hunting Observatory

By Victor Tangermann

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

MIT Engineers Built an AI That Design Its Own Robots

By Dan Robitzski

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

Bioethicist: We Should Give Sex Robots to Lonely Seniors

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.

The FBI Is Buying 140 Robots to Handle Paper Records

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.

Toyota Patents Autonomous Battery Drone That Recharges Your Car

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.

Japanese Town Installs Red-Eyed Robot Wolf to Scare Off Bears

By Victor Tangermann

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

Walmart Is Giving Up on Its Inventory Robots

By Dan Robitzski