The latest robot dog-like thing from Boston Dynamics — that we would totally want but be totally afraid of — is called SpotMini and in the the last day or so you’ve probably seen a GIF...
“Mr. Robot” season two is just around the corner, and I have to admit, this fanboy is getting...
An artist's approximation of ex-McDonald's CEO Ed Rensi in his Fox Business appearance on Tuesday. (credit: South Park Studios)
For years, economists have been issuing predictions about how automation will impact the world's job markets, but those studies and guesses have yet to make a call based on what would happen if a given sector's wages rose. Instead,...
To figure out the best way for a robot to move,...
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Roombas get a lot of attention for their ability to easily and autonomously suck up dirt, dust, pet hair, and anything else that might be infiltrating your carpet. While you can use Roomba vacuums on hardwood floors, they can't handle cleaning up liquids or really scrubbing hard surfaces. iRobot announced its newest device...
You’ve got to hand it to the roboticists at the University of Washington: They’ve built a robotic hand modeled so closely on human...
The star of the show, and some of the men behind the 'bot.
DULLES, Va.—Regular watchers of the annual Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) video game speedrun marathon are probably intimately familiar with the power of TASBot (short for tool-assisted speedrun robot). Two years ago, the emulator-fueled bot used its controller-port interface to write a simple version of...
Kinda like this, but lose the human. (credit: Expedition to the Deep Slope/NOAA/OER)
XPRIZE has tempted people to accomplish tasks ranging from putting stuff on the Moon to measuring pH in the deep ocean by using the promise of a sweet cash prize. At the annual American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco on Monday, XPRIZE announced a new...
