Why Piaggio built Gita, a cargo carrying robot, to follow in your footsteps

 The Italian company that makes Vespa scooters and Moto Guzzi motorcycles, Piaggio, revealed its newest development…

Ocado is developing robot hands that won’t bruise bananas

 The UK’s online supermarket, Ocado Ltd, has plans to test a new robotic arm for picking…

Cafe X opens in San Francisco, bringing robots to the coffee shop

 The world’s first coffee shop opened in Constantinople in 1555. Four hundred and some years later, Cafe…

These genetically modified cyborg dragonflies could perform ‘guided pollination’

 We are now in a day and age where cyborg insects no longer even raise an…

Pepper the robot gets a gig at the Oakland airport

 Pepper the robot has apparently been enjoying its time in the Bay this winter. After scoring…

Bots_alive kit imbues toy robots with charming, lifelike AI

 There will be no shortage at Toy Fair next month of robots and gadgets promising artificial…

Hanson Robotics built a Professor Einstein toy to teach kids science with a familiar face

 Hanson Robotics is making its first foray into the consumer electronics market with an educational toy…

Meet Alchemist’s class XIV startups making everything from smart beer taps to a faster internet

 Enterprise tech startups unveiled their products and pitched investors at Alchemist Accelerator’s 14th demo day in Santa…