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High-wire act: Soft robot can carry cargo up and down steep aerial wires

Researchers have created a light-powered soft robot that can carry loads through the air along established tracks, similar to cable…

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Robot see, robot do: System learns after watching how-to videos

Cornell University researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence — called RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation…

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Farm robot autonomously navigates, harvests among raised beds

Strawberry fields forever will exist for the in-demand fruit, but the laborers who do the backbreaking work of harvesting them…

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Hopping gives this tiny robot a leg up

Insect-scale robots can squeeze into places their larger counterparts can't, like deep into a collapsed building to search for survivors…

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3D-printed open-source robot offers accessible solution for materials synthesis

FLUID, an open-source, 3D-printed robot, offers an affordable and customizable solution for automated material synthesis, making advanced research accessible to…

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Is the CEO of the heavily funded humanoid robot startup Figure AI exaggerating his startup’s work with BMW?

When Figure AI, a high-profile humanoid robot startup, announced a commercial agreement with automaker BMW early last year, it was…

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My robot therapist: The ethics of AI mental health chatbots for kids

Mental health care can be difficult to access in the U.S. Insurance coverage is spotty and there aren't enough mental…

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Fancy humanoid robot no longer walks like it urgently needs a toilet

Human-looking bipedal robots can already run, jump, breakdance, punch, and generally perform broad feats of athletic prowess most humans could…

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Mini rolling robot takes virtual biopsies

A tiny magnetic robot which can take 3D scans from deep within the body, that could revolutionise early cancer detection,…

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Squirrel-inspired leaping robot can stick a landing on a branch

Engineers have designed robots that crawl, swim, fly and even slither like a snake, but no robot can hold a…

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