NASA’s concept Europa lander belongs on the cover of a sci-fi pulp

 Long before any mission to another planet is undertaken, NASA and other space agencies commission reports…

Cassie the ostrich bot does the bipedal robot chicken walk

 Bipedal robots are one of the most intensely researched areas of mechanical engineering, and while it’s…

The Swift is a programmable robotic arm for the masses

 As a child I always lusted after the Armatron robotic arm. Oh, the amazing things I…

Watch Cruise’s self-driving Bolt EV navigate smoothly to SF’s Dolores Park

 GM-owned Cruise Automation wants you to be able to see the progress it’s making with its…

Rethink Robotics makes its workplace bots easier to train and redeploy

 Robots are invaluable tools in the workplace, but they often still require a specialist to train…

Bat Bot is the biomimetic flying soft robot we deserve

 If you’ve ever seen a bat in flight, you know how impressive their aerial acrobatics can…

Boston Dynamics adds wheels to its already chilling robots

 Alphabet subsidiary Boston Dynamics doesn’t have much to prove when it comes to producing the robots…

MIT built a gel-based claw robot that can catch and release live fish

 MIT’s latest robot looks a bit like one of those claw machines you find at the…