Robotics news, features and articles
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Creepy robotic hand detaches at the wrist before scurrying away to collect objectsEPFL's robotic appendage features fingers that bend both ways and is designed to retrieve objects from spaces too hazardous for human hands.
By Owen Hughes Published
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New 'Transformer' humanoid robot can launch a shapeshifting drone off its back — watch it in actionDeveloped at Caltech, a new robot is a humanoid that can launch an M4 drone, switching between different modes of motion, with wheels that can become rotors.
By Bobby Hellard Published
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Bizarre robotic chair concept looks like a crab and can carry you around the house — it can even help you into your carThe compact robot enables people with limited mobility to navigate complicated environments where wheeled devices can't go.
By Alan Bradley Published
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Watch: Chinese company's new humanoid robot moves so smoothly, they had to cut it open to prove a person wasn't hiding insideXpeng's new humanoid, IRON, is designed to work alongside people — but it won't be folding your laundry anytime soon.
By Owen Hughes Published
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Humanoid robots could lift 4,000 times their own weight thanks to breakthrough 'artificial muscle'Researchers have developed a chemical structure for an artificial muscle that can lift up to 4,000 times its weight, and they say it could be used in future humanoid robots.
By Bobby Hellard Published
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Scientists create ultrapowerful, squishy robotic 'eye' that focuses automatically and doesn't need a power sourceInspired by animal vision, the eye could become part of soft robots without any electronic components.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Watch new humanoid robot pirouette, pose and pull off deft karate moves with eerily lifelike movementChinese robotics startup Unitree has shown off its latest humanoid robot, the H2 "Destiny Awakening" — and it's eerily lifelike.
By Owen Hughes Published
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Robots receive major intelligence boost thanks to Google DeepMind's 'thinking AI' — a pair of models that help machines understand the worldTwo new AI models allow robots to perform complex, multistep tasks in a way that they couldn't previously.
By Alan Bradley Published
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Chinese tech company develops creepy ultra-lifelike robot face — watch it blink, twitch and nodA Chinese robotics company has unveiled what it describes as a realistic robot face, with plans to make humanoid robots more approachable and relatable.
By Skyler Ware Published
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