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This video of a robot making coffee could signal a huge step in the future of AI robotics. Why?
By Drew Turney published
Most robots are preprogrammed to perform specific functions, but Figure's humanoid Figure 01 machine — that learns by watching and corrects its own mistakes — might upend the field.

Elon Musk just teased Telsa’s new Optimus Gen-2 robot with a video featuring a funky treat at the end
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Tesla's Optimus Gen-2 has come a long way since the firm's first Bumble-C machine in 2022 and can manipulate delicate objects with its fingers.

These astonishing biobots can help neurons regrow — but researchers have no idea how
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Tiny biological robots can move on their own, assemble into 'superbots' and encourage nerve cells regrow.

Robot hand exceptionally 'human-like' thanks to new 3D printing technique
By Ben Turner published
The hand was printed using a technique called slow-curing, which gives plastics more time to set and makes them more durable.

Tiny, shape-shifting robot could one day be used to perform surgery from inside the body
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
A spider-inspired robot called mCLARI weighs less than a gram and could one day be deployed to aid first responders following a natural disaster or help out in surgery.

Human-like robot tricks people into thinking it has a mind of its own
By Harry Baker last updated
In a new study, participants became convinced that a human-like robot had achieved self-awareness. But in reality, it was being controlled by researchers.

This sideways-scooting robot crab is so tiny it fits through the eye of a needle
By Harry Baker published
Engineers have designed a mini robot crab that can be made to walk sideways using lasers. The tiny eight-legged critter is the world's smallest remote-controlled robot.

Pac-Man-shaped blobs become world's first self-replicating biological robots
By Stephanie Pappas published
Biological robots made from frog cells can self-replicate like no other organism, by moving around raw materials to build more of themselves.
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