World’s First Walking Robot Stick Insect
By Kate Stone A research team at Bielefeld University in Germany has taught the only robot of its kind in…
Category: New Technologies
Components You Need to Build a Computer
This infographic illustrates the basic components you need to build a computer. It is the work of Eleanor Lutz, who blogs at Tabletop Whale.
Micro-robots for Search and Rescue Missions
Imagine an army of tiny robots no bigger than a penny scrambling through the rubble of a disaster site to…
Your Household Robot Is on the Way
A household robot to help with the daily chores is surely every busy person’s dream. But who would want a…
Robots Fulfilling Your Amazon Orders
Robots are hard at work this holiday season in the warehouses and fulfillment centers of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). In…
Physicists Make a Quantum Whirlpool
Physicists have made a quantum whirlpool that could lead to building computers that are faster and more powerful than anything…
Artificial Intelligence Creates Magic Tricks
Researchers working on artificial intelligence (AI) at Queen Mary University of London have taught a computer to create magic tricks,…
Artificial Retina Could Someday Restore Vision
An international and interdisciplinary team of scientists is working on a compact, artificial retina that could someday be used to…
Paleontologists Digitally Restore Dinosaur Fossils
Fossils are usually crushed or incomplete when they are found. Millions of years can take a toll, after all. Consequently,…
Running Robots May Be Inspired by Birds
In preparation for building better running robots, researchers have made useful discoveries about some of nature’s most energy efficient bipeds…