Credit: Canaltech"Cooking isn’t always an easy task. It not only takes up people’s time, but also demands constant attention to avoid burning the food or getting the cooking point wrong. But a new robot is about to change that. Posha, developed by the startup of the same name, is a countertop 'robot chef' capable...
Credit: Devindra Hardawar for EngadgetSince 2017, Piaggio’s Fast Forward division—the team behind Vespa—has been working on a novel way to reduce car use: creating robots that can follow you around your belongings. Its first model, the Gita (pronounced “jee-tah,” Italian for “trip”), was a sleek, rolling helper, but its bulky size and steep $3,250...
Credit: PixabayA disturbing video circulating on social media seems to show a chilling scenario: a rogue killer robot. In the short clip, a humanoid robot malfunctions, thrashing its limbs and coming dangerously close to two nearby technicians.A Powerful and Potentially Dangerous Humanoid RobotPeople believe the robot is a Unitree H1, a versatile humanoid model...
The XPeng Iron isn’t just another robot—it’s a personal assistant with supercomputer-level processing power, and it’s shaping up to be a serious contender in the robotics race.The competition to develop humanoid robots is intensifying, and China has just raised the stakes. While Tesla continues to promote the revolutionary potential of its Optimus bot (which...
This is claimed to be the world's smallest untethered flying robot – two minuscule magnets get inserted in the ring visible at the topAdam Lau/Berkeley EngineeringScientists claim to have developed the world’s smallest untethered flying robot, using a unique approach to its design. To minimize size and weight, they moved the robot’s power and...
Yichen Zhai and his six-legged creationDavid Baillot/University of California San DiegoWhile most people imagine robots as complex electronic devices, made up of several parts that need to be assembled in factories, a new experimental non-electronic robot has been designed to be 3D-printed in one single piece and is powered entirely by air.The soft-bodied robot...
The robot is ideal for use in environments such as ponds, where it won't hurt animals or get tangled in debrisEPFLTo safely collect data in delicate aquatic environments, researchers have developed a robot that mimics flatworms' swimming motion.While flatworms usually move along the seabed, they can also propel themselves through water by undulating their...
"Here ya go, bud. I got you." Running a single Helix instance across two robots allows levels of bot-to-bot collaboration never before seenFigure.aiJust weeks after Figure.ai ended its collaboration with OpenAI, the Silicon Valley startup introduced Helix—a commercial-ready, AI-powered "hive-mind" humanoid robot capable of performing nearly any task on command.A New AI Brain for...
The RAVEN robot in flight, showing off its bird legs© 2024 EPFL/Alain Herzog (CC-BY-SA 4.0)While autonomous flying robots hold promising potential, their usefulness is limited if they cannot navigate uneven terrain after landing. However, an experimental bio-inspired robot overcomes this limitation by mimicking the raven's gait.Named RAVEN (Robotic Avian-inspired Vehicle for Multiple Environments), the...
The Conit Runner robot has been nominated for a CES 2025 innovation awardItoneWhen we imagine freshly poured concrete, we usually think of leaving it to dry smoothly. However, a new robot, the Conit Runner, rolls over wet concrete, carving grooves to strengthen structures while reducing costs.Deep layers of wet concrete can crack as they...
