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A crafty YouTuber designed an elaborate machine designed to force feed him booze as he plays his favorite video game.

Man Builds Robot to Force-Feed Him Alcohol

A surgical robot burned a woman's small intestine during a procedure, followed ultimately by her death, according to a lawsuit.

Prosthetics and Devices

Lawsuit Claims Woman Burned, Killed by Surgical Robot

By Sharon Adarlo

Study: Cute (and Non Human-Looking) Robots Will Subdue the Humans

Study: Cute (and Non Human-Looking) Robots Will Subdue the Humans

By Frank Landymore

Introducing: Mech "The Bot" Johnson, a human-driven, 9,000-pound, 13-foot-tall, 18-foot-wide robot "bouncer," deployed by a Las Vegas strip club during CES.

Robots and Machines

Strip Club Gets Huge Exoskeleton Suit to Turn Bouncers Into Hulking Behemoths

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University have constructed an AI-powered robot trained to kill cockroaches and other insects with a deadly laser.

Brutal Robot Kills Cockroaches Using a Powerful Laser

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Police in Oakland are hoping to arm robots with lethal shotguns, called the PAN disrupter. Why? Because that's just what we do now, apparently.

Oakland Police Want to Arm Robots With Shotguns, Because We Live in a Dystopian Nightmare

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Roboticists at Stanford University announce the succesful exploration of two more sunken ships using their bleed-edge diving robot that is capable of touch.

Terrifying Humanoid Diving Robot With “Human” Sense of Touch Explores Shipwreck

By Frank Landymore

Kawasaki unveiled a new rideable, robotic goat last week at the International Robot Exhibition that they say can be used to carry cargo for businesses.

Watch: Kawasaki’s New Deeply Weird, Chaotic Robotic Goat

By Tony Ho Tran

UK-based robotics company Engineered Arts made a big splash with a teaser video of its expressive humanoid robot. Now, it's back for an interview.

That Robot With the Super Creepy Facial Expressions Is Back, and Yikes

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at Caltech have opened the doors to hell and allowed a creepy robot that can walk on two spindly feet and fly, to enter.

This Scary-Looking Robot Can Walk and Fly

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Says You’ll “Most Likely” Be Able To Beat His Tesla Bot in a Fight

Elon Musk Says You’ll “Most Likely” Be Able To Beat His Tesla Bot in a Fight

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists developed a rudimentary active camouflage system that adjusts color in real-time and tested it on a tiny chameleon robot.

Scientists Create Chameleon Robot That Can Blend in With Its Surroundings

By Dan Robitzski

Cassie, a robot that looks just like a disembodied pair of legs, just successfully ran an impressive 5K on outdoor terrain.

Robot Runs 5K Foot Race, Trips and Falls Repeatedly

By Dan Robitzski

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

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

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