With all the doom and gloom over the inevitable robot apocalypse, we’ve at least been able to take solace in the fact that we’ll see them coming—until today. Researchers from Northwestern University ...

One of the biggest challenges in space exploration is the dangerous nature of space environments: many places we want to explore have no or low levels of oxygen, low or micro-gravity, and potentially ...

Smallest-ever remote-control walking robot uses shape-memory alloy By Loz Blain May 25, 2022 These tiny crab robots can be remote controlled by using heat to deform shape-memory alloys ...

First, they walked. Then, they saw the light. Now, miniature biological robots have gained a new trick: remote control. The hybrid 'eBiobots' are the first to combine soft materials, living muscle and ...

In a Tesla earnings call Wednesday, the world’s richest man pondered the future of his company’s Optimus robots—and his ...

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Are there really enough people who want to remote-control a robot and visit places virtually? We're skeptical. But the founder of the startup Propelmee is surprisingly persuasive at the potential uses ...