These Adorable Fish Robots Form Schools Like the Real Thing
Meet Bluebot, a friendly swimming robot with big camera eyes. Put a few in a tank together and they’ll collaborate to complete surprisingly complex tasks.
The Plan to Build a Global Network of Floating Power Stations
A lot of thermal energy is trapped in the ocean. An ex-NASA researcher has figured out how it might generate unlimited clean power for aquatic robots.
Watch a Robot Dog Learn How to Deftly Fend Off a Human
Kick over this robot and it’ll quickly right itself—not because someone told it how, but because it taught itself to overcome the embarrassment.
This Drone Sniffs Out Odors With a Real Moth Antenna
Researchers slap a living antenna on a drone to give the machine an insanely keen sense of smell. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the “Smellicopter.”
You Can Now Buy Spot the Robot Dog—If You’ve Got $74,500
Boston Dynamics is finally making its mechanical canine available for businesses and developers. But know that this puppy ain’t for everyone.
This Robot Can Guess How You’re Feeling by the Way You Walk
Walk like you’re angry, and the emotionally intelligent machine will give you more room, leaving your personal bubble intact.
Moxie Is the Robot Pal You Dreamed of as a Kid
Four years ago, Paolo Pirjanian set out to “reinvent” companion robots. Now he’s ready for the world to meet his creation.
The Boston Dynamics Coronavirus Doctor Robot Dog Will See You Now
Spot, the famously deft robot, gets a job screening patients at a hospital. But there’s still much that it and other medical robots can’t do.
A Deft Robotic Hand That’d Make Luke Skywalker Proud
Surgeons use muscle grafts to amplify nerve signals—allowing amputees to control a new prosthetic with incredible precision.