In San Francisco, some passengers of autonomous taxis have experienced an unexpected hazard: being stuck in the vehicles when the cars are assaulted. Self-driving ...

Uber founder Travis Kalanick has a new company called Atoms focused on robotics that, according to its website, will operate in the food, mining, and transportation industries. Kalanick is rolling his ...

[Matt Denton]’s SpoolBot is a surprisingly agile remote-controlled robot that doesn’t just repurpose filament spool leftovers. It looks exactly like a 2 kg spool of filament; that’s real filament ...

A year ago James Bruton demonstrated a custom self-balancing bike that rolled around on a pair of big red inflatable balls. For 2026 he’s both simplified the bike by reducing it to just a single ball, ...

Last year, synthetic biologist Meagan Olsen performed the biggest experimental campaign of her career. The PhD student at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, was trying to make proteins in ...

As industrial robots begin learning from simulations, digital twins and even one another, automation on the factory floor is entering a new phase. Instead of relying solely on preprogrammed ...

Variable Topology Truss robots are distinguished by their linear actuators and passive spherical joints. However, they're also capable of reconfiguring themselves according to their needs. This robot ...

This repository contains the control software for a two-wheeled self-balancing robot based on an inverted pendulum model. The system integrates inertial sensing, real-time embedded control, and motor ...

Another fleet of self-driving food delivery robots is hitting the streets of Jersey City. As part of a city-supported pilot, California-based Coco Robotics is deploying 20 artificial ...

Elon Musk, a long-time critic of the World Economic Forum's annual event in Davos, Switzerland, appeared at the gathering for the first time on Thursday, where he predicted that robots will eventually ...

In this video, explore the reactions and outcomes surrounding a self-aware robot that has escaped. It details the process of its creation and the subsequent events that led to its escape.