This wild, 3D-printed self-solving Rubik’s cube is amazing. To make it work, a Japanese inventor used servo motors and Arduino boards to actuate the cube as it solves itself. Sadly, there isn’t much of a build description available but it looks to be very compact and surprisingly fast. There is a description of the project […]
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‘American Horror Story’ has robots now and I’m terrified
Spoilers for ‘American Horror Story: Apocalypse’ lie ahead.
Rubber men, killer clowns, sadistic nuns, surprise aliens… and now, robots?!
American Horror Story has a history of slowly dragging its viewers from already scary premises into…
Anki CEO: Consumer robots need personality to succeed
In case you missed it, the robots are here.
No, not the apocalyptic hordes of artificially intelligent machines that some believe are destined to enslave or eradicate us (hello, Boston Dynamics!), but the everyday devices and companions that are rapi…
This tiny robotic spider might one day perform surgeries inside your body
A new fabrication method for millimeter-scale soft robots provides them with unprecedented dexterity, opening up the opportunities for medical applications. To demonstrate this new method, researchers from Harvard’s Wyss Institute, the Harvard John A…
View More This tiny robotic spider might one day perform surgeries inside your bodyThis robotic coffee bar can prepare 3 drinks in 40 seconds
In San Francisco, Cafe X uses robot baristas to serve you specialty coffee in no time. Read more…More about Robots, Mashable Video, San Francisco, Coffee, and Tech
View More This robotic coffee bar can prepare 3 drinks in 40 secondsWalmart pilots a grocery-picking robot to fulfill customers’ online orders
Walmart is testing a new robotics system that picks customers’ grocery orders. The retailer this morning announced it has partnered with Alert Innovation to deploy Alphabot, a system designed for Walmart, in its Salem, New Hampshire superstore. The automated technology will be installed in a 20,000-square foot extension connected to the store, which will also […]
View More Walmart pilots a grocery-picking robot to fulfill customers’ online ordersDefinitely not creepy surveillance bot Kuri to be discontinued
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Kuri just wanted to watch your children play.
The roving surveillance bot, unveiled last year at CES, was billed as the first home robot that could actually catch on with consumers around the country. What with its unassuming — even “cute” — design and ability to autonomously decide to film people and pets in your home, Kuri represented a stark departure from the blind robo-murder dogs we have all grown to regard with caution.
Alas, nothing gold can stay: Mayfield Robotics, Kuri’s manufacturer and part of the Bosch Startup Platform, announced today that things weren’t looking so hot for the 14-pound robot. Read more…
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Researchers design self-powered robots the size of human cells
The latest robots out of MIT are small enough to float “indefinitely” in the air. Researchers accomplished the feat by attaching 2D electronics to colloids — tiny particles measuring around one-billionth to one-millionth of a meter. All told, the devices are roughly the size of a human egg cell. What’s more, the addition of photodiode […]
View More Researchers design self-powered robots the size of human cellsDomestic robots that will change the future of how you run your house
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Remember back in 2001 when The Simpsons purchased an automated upgrade for their home known as the “Ultrahouse 3000?” Well, this is a bit like that, minus the Pierce Brosnan ‘British Charm Unit’ and all the attempted robot murder…
If you’re looking to make life easier with some of the world’s best domestic technology devices, these nifty products are the perfect introduction to a future free of the never-ending household to-do list.
No more lonely doggos thanks to the FURBO Dog Camera
It’s never too late to teach an old dog new tricks
Image: Furbo Australia
Ever wonder what your pupper is secretly getting up to when you’re not around? Ponder no more! The FURBO Dog Camera is a smart device that notifies you anytime there’s a puppy-related moment at home. No more worrying whether your four-legged friend is chewing on the furniture, turning your living room into a bathroom or secretly trying to kill the cat… Read more…
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View More Domestic robots that will change the future of how you run your houseThis 90-pound ‘blind’ robot dog definitely won’t kill everything you hold dear
It’s dark out. It’s always dark these days. Something about ash from all the fires blocking out the sun? You can’t remember. It’s not like it matters. The MIT Cheetah 3 robot doesn’t need sun to hunt you down and dance on your soon-to-be lifeless cor…
View More This 90-pound ‘blind’ robot dog definitely won’t kill everything you hold dearResearchers train bipedal robots to step lightly over rough terrain
Researchers at the Hybrid Robotics Group at UC Berkeley and CMU are hard at work making sure their robots don’t fall over when tiptoeing through rough terrain. Using machine learning and ATRIAS robots, the teams are able to “teach” robots to traverse stepping stones they’ve never seen before. Their robots, described here, are unique in […]
View More Researchers train bipedal robots to step lightly over rough terrainThis woman is building herself a robot boyfriend
Fei Liu’s robot boyfriend, Gabriel2052, may be small, but but he can nap with her, and always texts back. Read more…More about Robots, Mashable Video, Artificial Intelligence, Relationships, and Love
View More This woman is building herself a robot boyfriend