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In collaboration with a drone maker, the Westport, Connecticut police department is testing "pandemic drones" that monitor if people are social distancing.

US Police Testing “Pandemic Drones” That Monitor Social Distancing

By Victor Tangermann

In an entertaining video, a caffeine enthusiast picks up a Starbucks coffee with his drone — to the bemusement of a barista.

Watch This Madlad Pick Up a Starbucks Coffee Using a Drone

By Jon Christian

A video shows a Boston Dynamics Spot Mini robodog put on a show while wearing a pair of basketball shorts and a hoodie. It's a hell of a show.

Watch a Robodog Twerk in a Baggy Hoodie and Basketball Shorts

By Victor Tangermann

Here are some of the most incredible drone videos to capture the enormous public loneliness of empty cities, cleared out by the coronavirus.

The Haunting, Beautiful Drone Footage of Cities Under Quarantine

By Jon Christian

As people are urged to stay in their homes, one man in Cyprus decided to use a remote-controlled drone to walk his dog around town.

Watch a Man Walk a Dog Using a Drone

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers have developed technology that allows a drone to dodge obstacles, including basketballs flung at high speeds.

Watch This Drone Expertly Dodge a Careening Soccer Ball

By Victor Tangermann

To give massively overworked healthcare workers a much-needed break, China tried something new: by staffing an entire field hospital with robots.

China Opened an Entire Hospital Staffed by Robots

By Victor Tangermann

Police in Spain are using drones to broadcasting messages that urge people to go home and quarantine themselves.

Spanish Police Using Drones to Yell at People Breaking Quarantine

By Dan Robitzski

The Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) Corportation rolled out a disinfecting robot to clean subway trains using "vaporised hydrogen peroxide."

Hong Kong Is Using Robots to Disinfect Subway Trains

By Victor Tangermann

With a speaker and four microphones, a drone was able to echolocate and map out its surroundings similarly to how bats do it.

Engineers Built a Drone That Echolocates Like a Bat

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at Tsinghua University in China have created a liquid metal material to build robots that is so light, it can float on water.

Scientists Want to Build Robots out of Floating Liquid Metal

By Victor Tangermann

Would having a robot draw your blood make the process easier? Thanks to engineers at Rutgers University that may soon be an option.

Engineers Built an AI-Powered Robot to Take Your Blood

Researchers and ethicists are once again pushing back against AI-enabled sex robots marketed as a replacement for human relationships.

Researcher Warns That Sex Robots May Cause Psychological Damage

By Dan Robitzski

The University of Tehran unveiled the latest iteration of its humanoid robot: Surena IV. Now it's capable of drilling holes and holding phones for selfies.

Video Shows Iran’s Humanoid Robot Drill Through Wall, Snap Selfie

By Dan Robitzski

New video shows a pair of Boston University bots in action — expertly working together to grill hot dogs and park them in rolls.

This Hot Dog Cooking Robot Is the Beginning of the End

By Jon Christian

Australia Wants to Help NASA Build Space Station Using Robots

By Victor Tangermann

"Mythbusters" legend Adam Savage has built a one-person rickshaw carriage so that his Boston Dynamics Spot robot can lug him around.

Watch a Robodog Drag Adam Savage Around in a Goth Rickshaw

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have built what they claim to be the first living robots called "xenobots" that can move, pick up objects, and even heal themselves.

Scientists Build “First Living Robots” From Frog Stem Cells

By Victor Tangermann

Boston Dynamics' popular robot dog Spot is going to work on an offshore oil rig managed by Norwegian oil company Aker BP.

Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Is Going to Work on an Oil Rig

By Kristin Houser

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.

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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