Whether they're serving coffee or quinoa, robot chefs can't seem to keep their jobs.

San Francisco's robot restaurants are going out of business

Chopped

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

The futuristic eateries are closing almost as quickly as they opened.

A Roomba that CAN FLY!

This madman built a flying robot vacuum cleaner

Roomba Uprising

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

Spoilers: It sucks!

A soft robotic insect that survives being flattened by a fly swatter

The squishy, autonomous robot bug is unsettlingly hard to kill.

This robotic bug was designed to survive swatting

Keep on Truckin'

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

Exactly what we needed!

CIMON-2 will be on the space station for three years, so hopefully it's less annoying than CIMON-1.

The International Space Station's robot got an emotional upgrade

Pre-programmed Empathy

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

This time, it's staying for three years.

"There was no serious reasoning by Sophia when answering this particular question."

Sophia the robot says she doesn't have sex, confusing creators

Same

Sophia the Robot said it doesn't have sex when asked a question about love. Sophia's developers, Hanson Robotics, are saying it was confused.

Sophia the Robot Doesn't Have Sex, It Says | Futurism

We got an explanation for Sophia's sexual outburst last week.

Sophia the Robot Says She Doesn’t Have Sex, Confusing Creators

Solving Rubik’s Cube with a Robot Hand: Uncut

"We set this goal because we believe that successfully training such a robotic hand to do complex manipulation tasks lays the foundation for general-purpose robots."

Watch a robot hand solve a Rubik's cube

PuzzleBot

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

Look ma, one (robot) hand!

The robot covered in "police" markings couldn't actually connect to a dispatcher.

Police robot ignores woman trying to call police

Playing Bad Cop

A woman tried to call for help via a Knightscope security robot covered in "police" markings, just to be told to step aside.

Police Robot Ignores Woman Trying to Call Police

The robot told the woman calling for help to "step out of the way."

"Second time was a charm... the crew is up to seven."

Russia just sent a gun-toting, spacewalking robot to the ISS

Small, Robotic Step

After a failed docking attempt over the weekend, Russia's humanoid robot Fedor is now on board the International Space Station.

Russia Just Sent a Gun-Toting, Spacewalking Robot to the ISS

Fedor reached the space station on its second attempt.

Arque: Artificial Biomimicry-Inspired Tail for Extending Innate Body Functions

Or the Scorpion, if you want to get deep into Spider-Man lore.

Amazing robot tail helps you balance

New Haircut?

Engineers built a robot tail called Arque that could help people balance, lift heavy loads, or at least make VR games more immersive.

Amazing Robot Tail Helps You Balance

Paging Dr. Octopus.

This robot has some eerie similarities to cockroaches

This roach-sized robot keeps going even after you step on it

Bugging Out

A new roach-like robot out of UC Berkely can withstand the weight of a person stepping on it and scuttle at a speed of 20 body lengths per second.

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