Robotics
Robots are machines built to perform complex tasks that may be too difficult, unsafe or just too tedious for humans.
Live Science takes you through the latest developments in robotics, from the strangest robots to biohybrids, and questions whether we're really ready for intelligent robots. Whatever your interest in automatons, androids and artificial intelligence, our expert team of writers and editors are here to provide you with the latest robotics news, features and articles.
Latest about Robotics
Watch Boston Dynamics' newest Atlas robot wake up in the creepiest way possible
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Boston Dynamics replaces its flagship humanoid robot after 10 years with a completely new machine that looks like the Pixar lamp with a mechanical humanoid body.
Watch derpy robots show off their soccer skills thanks to new AI training method
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Short, stumpy robots learned how to play soccer — and improved their skills dramatically thanks to a new AI training technique that combines several pre-existing methods.
AI-powered humanoid robot can serve you food, stack the dishes — and have a conversation with you
By Drew Turney published
Figure 01 learned how to make coffee by watching a human do it, and now it can speak to you like a person.
Watch a 'robot dog' scramble through a basic parkour course with the help of AI
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Scientists used AI neural networks to teach a robot dog new tricks, enabling it to climb wooden crates and hop between them.
Chinese scientists build world's fastest humanoid robot — but it's not going to win any sprints just yet
By Drew Turney published
By harnessing a huge amount of torque in its legs, the H1 robot can potentially reach 11 miles per hour at top speed.
Forget making coffee — Boston Dynamics puts Atlas to work lifting heavy automotive struts in latest flex
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Boston Dynamics has released footage showing how its flagship Atlas humanoid robot would cope in a factory environment as it lifts heavy struts and puts them into a flow cart.
Watch this eerily silent vision of the future — where offices are filled with weird, AI-powered robots
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
In a new video, 1X's EVE robots work together in silence in a test environment, performing actions such as sorting mail, handling objects and tidying up a child's toys.
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.
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