Robotics

For a newborn giraffe or wildebeest, being born can be a perilous introduction to the world — predators lie in wait for an opportunity to make a meal of the…

The Pepper robot is going Hollywood or at least close by, in Beverly Hills. The social, humanoid robot created by SoftBank Robotics Group is now greeting…

Robots have a tough job making their way in the world. Life throws up obstacles, and it takes a lot of computing power to avoid them. At the IEEE…

An ultra-low power hybrid chip inspired by the brain could help give palm-sized robots the ability to collaborate and learn from their experiences. Combined…

With an anticipated 39.5 million domestic/household robots expected to be in our homes by 2021 (IFR, 2018), Cranfield University is calling for members of…

It seems not a day goes by without the appearance of another dire warning about the future of work. Some alarmists fear a “robot apocalypse,” while others…

Human-robot interaction is easy to do badly, and very difficult to do well. One approach that has worked well for robots from R2-D2 to Kuri is to avoid the…

Anticipating a world of sleazy men, surfing the seedy backstreets of the internet superhighway, in search of products to satisfy sexually deviant kinks. A…

Meet the new colleague for the crew of the International Space Station (ISS): an autonomous camera drone. The small sphere films the astronauts at work, and…

When I hear “massage”, I think of someone lying on the stomach and a man/woman grabs the back, shoulders, neck etc, like in TV shows and movies. But current…