Robot News

Vero Robot Sucks Up Cigarette Butts (2024-07-29): The Vero robot was designed to find and suck up cigarette butts and more with its vacuum feet.

Torobo Hammers a Nail (2024-07-17): Torobo is a robot from Tokyo Robotics. The robot hammers in a neail in this video.

Menteebot Follows Human at Workplace and Obeys Instructions (2024-07-14): This video shows a Menteebot robot following a woman at work and obeying her instructions such as turn around and walk backwards.

Smiling Robot Face Made With Living Human Skin Cells (2024-06-28): Researchers from the University of Tokyo created a happy robot face using living human skin cells.

ReachBot to Explore Caves on Mars (2024-06-23): ReachBot is a lightweight robot with extendable booms that is being developed by Stanford University researchers to explore caves on the moon and Mars.

Boston Dynamics Teases New Electric Atlas Humanoid Robot (2024-04-18): Boston Dynamics unveiled the new fully electric Atlas robot with a video that shows the robot picking itself off the floor and walking backwards.

Hyundai Motor and Kia Unveil DAL-e Delivery Robot (2024-04-03): Hyundai Motor and Kia have unveiled their DAL-e delivery robot. They say it will revolutionize indoor autonomous delivery service.

Humanoid Robots to Work at Mercedes-Benz (2024-03-15): Mercedes-Benz and Apptronik have cut a deal that will have Apptronik's Apollo humain robots performing repetitive and dull tasks for the auto maker.

Video: Ringbot is a Monocycle Robot with Legs (2024-02-10): Ringbot is a monocycle robot with two legs. Ringbot can use its legs to move or stabilize itself. It can also roll around.

Amazon Unveils Proteus, Its First Fully Automated Mobile Robot (2022-06-22): Amazon has announced Proteus, a robot that is the company's first fully autonomous mobile robot. Amazon is billing it is a safety move.

EVA Robot Has Soft and Expressive Face (2021-05-29): Researchers at the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia Engineering have developed EVA, an autonomous robot that matches expressions of nearby humans.

Video: Boston Dynamics Unveils Box Moving Robot Named Stretch (2021-04-03): Boston Dynamics has developed a robot named Stretch that has a singular purpose - moving boxes.

Video: Robotic Arms Give Humans Massages (2020-08-11): Robotic Arms have been developed by Capsix Robotics and the University of Plymouth to give humans massages.

Robot Jaws With Artificial Saliva Help Study Chewing Gum (2020-07-14): Researchers at the University of Bristol develop robot jaws to study the chewing of gum.

SlothBot is a Robot Inspired by Sloths (2020-07-09): SlothBot is a robot that was inspired by the slow moving endangered species that inhabits trees.

Wearable Robotic Third Arm Smashes Walls and Picks Vegetables (2020-06-09): A wearable robotic third arm called the Supernumerary 3DOF Robotic Arm can be used to paint, smash walls, pick vegetables and more.

Hexapod Robots Walk Faster With Flexible Feet (2020-06-01): Researchers have developed flexible robotic feet to help robots walk faster and easier over different terrains.

Spot Robot Herds Sheep and Monitors Crops (2020-05-22): A company named Rocos is using Boston Dynamics' Spot robot for agriculture. Spot can be seen herding sheep in a video released by Rocos.

Self-Folding Soft Rollbot Created by Harvard Researchers (2019-08-21): Researchers from Harvard created a self-folding soft robot called Robot using origami and 3D printing.

Robot Inspired by Cockroach is Hard to Squash (2019-08-01): University of California, Berkeley have created a very thin robot that is hard to squash. It weighs less than one tenth of a gram.