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Robot fish can swim for 37 hours with blood-powered batteries

Blood Juice

A new robotic fish has a battery-fluid bloodstream that makes it far more energy-efficient that conventional robots that use battery packs and hydraulics.

Robot Fish Can Swim For 37 Hours With Blood-Powered Batteries

And it looks creepy as hell.

"The monotony in the store has increased a ton since we've gotten these robots."

Walmart employees hate their new robot coworkers

Coworker Concerns

Walmart executives have great things to say about their new robot workers, but human employees are less than thrilled about them.

Walmart Employees Hate Their New Robot Coworkers

The remaining humans feel undervalued after robots take over some tasks.

"There are many applications where there is no need to be fast."

Scientists built a robot sloth to study other sloths

Slow And Steady

A robot sloth is expected to hang out in forest canopies with real slothes for months at a time, clinging to wires and tracking the environment.

Scientists Built a Robot Sloth to Study Other Sloths

"Day three: the sloths don't suspect a thing."

"We don’t know exactly how the drawings are going to turn out and that’s really important."

Creepy human-like robot’s art is selling for astronomical prices

Money-Making Machine

Oddly human-looking robot artist Ai-Da is about to launch its first exhibition — and the bot's artworks have already sold for more than $1.2 million.

Creepy Human-Like Robot’s Art Is Selling for Astronomical Prices

The bot's first solo exhibition opens in a week — and it's already sold out.

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"It’s allowing for better health monitoring."

This robot scans preschoolers’ faces daily for signs of sickness

Say "Ah"

Thousands of preschools are using a robot named Walklake that looks for signs of illness by scanning the faces and hands of students.

This Robot Scans Preschoolers’ Faces Daily for Signs of Sickness

It only needs three seconds to tell if a student is sick.

SALTO - Teaching an old robot new tricks

But the bot's creators view its small stature as a strength.

This adorable bouncing robot would be terrifying if it was huge

Salto the Earth

UC Berkeley's Salto robot is fast, agile, and smart — traits that would make the bot terrifying if it weren't less than a foot tall.

This Adorable Bouncing Robot Would Be Terrifying if It Was Huge

Salto is fast, agile, and smart. Thankfully, it's also really tiny.

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The video game feels so real it leaves bruises.

This robot bludgeons you with boxing gloves while you play games

Realism

An engineer built a robot that tries to punch him in real life while he fights a digital robot in a virtual reality video game.

This Robot Bludgeons You With Boxing Gloves While You Play Games

Finally, a truly immersive virtual reality experience.

Its robot-cultivated crops travel just .6 miles to get to the store.

Futuristic robot farm begins selling its first produce

Lettuce Rejoice

Produce grown by startup Iron Ox's robot farm is now available for purchase, a futuristic example of how technology is transforming agriculture.

Futuristic Robot Farm Begins Selling Its First Produce

Your next salad could include greens cultivated by a robot named Angus. 

"The right way to think about this is through the analogy of a fighter pilot and a fighter plane. The fighter plane takes on the routine tasks like flying the plane, so the pilot can focus on the higher-level tasks of the mission."

Surgeons just sent a tiny, autonomous bot into a heart valve

Robot Doctor

Surgeons just used the first autonomous surgery robot, a self-guiding catheter that could navigate its way through a pig's heart.

Surgeons Just Sent a Tiny, Autonomous Bot Into a Heart Valve

Surgeons just used the first-ever autonomous surgery robot in an experimental operation on a pig.

The robot dubbed Alex spoke of a rather peculiar case in which local authorities were hunting down a suspect that supposedly kicked a homeless cat.

Russia built a grotesque robot newscaster to read the news

Bad Robot

A humanoid robot TV news anchor dubbed Alex just read the news of the day on Russia 24, a state-owned television channel.

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