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Why animals run faster than their robot doppelgängers… for now

Modern robotics is awash with human-made machines mimicking the animal world. From stadium-surveying robot dogs to daddy long-legs-inspired exploration bots…

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Daddy long-legs-inspired robot could one day squirm through Martian caves

Robotic engineers are no stranger to turning to nature for inspiration. In recent years, birds, dogs, extinct sea creatures, and…

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Turning plants blue with gene editing could make robot weeding easier

Changing the colour of crops could make it easier to distinguish desired plants from weeds John Martin – Fotografo/Alamy Common…

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RIP Atlas, the world’s beefiest humanoid robot

Atlas, the hulking 330-pound acrobatic Boston Dynamics robot (that filled us with equal parts awe and horror) is officially going…

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This robot can tell when you’re about to smile — and smile back

With its hairless silicone skin and blue complexion, Emo the robot looks more like a mechanical re-creation of the Blue…

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Watch a tripod robot test its asteroid leaping skills

Before astronauts leave Earth’s gravity for days, weeks, or even months at a time, they practice aboard NASA’s famous parabolic…

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Build your own palm-sized robot dog with this Kickstarter-funded kit, on sale through April 16

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Apple’s ‘next big thing’ could be a robot butler

Apple’s vision for the future could involve an autonomous robot butler. That’s according to a new Bloomberg report which claims…

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‘Yell at your robot’ technique teaches robots household chores

This robot can respond to verbal commands and corrections on the fly. Xiaoyang Shi | Stanford University A robot can…

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A robot named ‘Emo’ can out-smile you by 840 milliseconds

If you want your humanoid robot to realistically simulate facial expressions, it’s all about timing. And for the past five…

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