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This robotic cat bit my finger and made my heart flutter
Can a robotic cat and dog, designed to bite the tip of your finger, really be a calming, relaxing companion? We've lived with Amagami Ham Ham to find out.
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What is Tesla Optimus? Your pressing questions, answered
Tesla's Optimus is making headlines, but is this new device from the leading manufacturer of electric cars really a humanoid robot?
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Robots Everywhere
This is Robots Everywhere — a show where we chronicle the slow but steady takeover of our future robot overlords, and show you how they’re making their way into practically every facet of modern life.
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DARPA is building a robotic space mechanic to fix satellites in orbit
It will also tow them around to help extend their usefulness
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Meet the robot helping doctors treat coronavirus patients
Doctors are using a robot to treat a coronavirus patient without exposing themselves to the spreading illness.
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Roborock S5 Max robot vacuum review: Sucking and mopping up the competition
The Roborock S5 Max robot can do the job of two. Are its vacuuming and mopping capabilities worth your $599?
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These robots taser weeds to death so farmers don’t need chemical herbicides
A new agricultural robotics startup has created a trio of smart farming robots able to hunt weeds down, kill them with mini blasts of lightning, and then plant crops in their place.
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Meet CIMON-2: The floating A.I. brain that lives on the ISS
The International Space Station recently received its newest resident: an artificial intelligence-powered flying robot called CIMON-2. Here is how it promises to help astronauts as they work.
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World’s first robotic brain surgery could be a game-changer for patients
A neuroradiologist has carried out the world’s first robotic brain surgery. The robot-assisted aneurysm coiling was conducted on a 64-year-old in Canada.
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Robotics company is offering $125K if you’ll let a robot use your face
Running short on cash? U.K.-based additive manufacturing company Geomiq is currently offering $125,000 to the person willing to sign over face rights to let their appearance be used for a new line of humanoid robots. Here's how you can get involved with this unusual offer.
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15-ton fighting robot now for sale on eBay, but watch out for shipping costs
Robot fighting company MegaBots' beautiful dream is coming to an end. And, while that's sad on multiple levels, it's great news for anyone who wants to buy a 15-ton fighting mech online.
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Boston Dynamics shows off Atlas robot doing parkour in new video
In a new video, the Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot, known as Atlas, shows off in an impressive a gymnastic routine, complete with parkour moves
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Robot helps a surgeon carry out world’s first long-distance heart operations
In a world's first, a surgeon in India has successfully carried out several long distance heart operations using a telepresence robot to help him.
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MIT’s snake robot is designed to crawl through blood vessels in the brain
What’s creepier than a snake robot? Answer: An ultra-thin snake robot that’s designed to crawl through the blood vessels in your brain. That’s exactly what researchers at MIT have developed.
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Philisophical Russian-built robot is headed to the International Space Station
The International Space Station is about to get its latest guest -- in the form of a joke-cracking, space-philosophizing Russian humanoid robot. Here's what we known about Skybot F-850.
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Move over Spot. There’s a new robo-dog on the block — and it’s waterproof
ANYbotics, the Swiss robotics company behind the four-legged, oil rig-inspecting ANYmal robot, has released its next-generation quadruped robot dog successor. Check it out in action.