Robots continue to take new shapes. The latest to garner attention is the Thermonator, a quadruped robot with a flamethrower attached to its back. The flame-throwing robot dog was first …
About two years ago, I was in a car with my best friend and her toddler. She was driving, and I was sitting in the back next to her 10-month-old, …
If you’ve been wondering when you’ll be able to order the flame-throwing robot that Ohio-based Throwflame first announced last summer, that day has finally arrived. The Thermonator, what Throwflame bills …
A NEW all-electric humanoid robot – that has been likened to a “person in a bodysuit” – has just been revealed by Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics, one of the worlds …
Artist Miriam Simun. Photo: Andre Sisson / Courtesy Miriam Simun Earlier this year, dancer Mor Mendel took the stage with Boston Dynamics’ Spot at 7×7, an annual symposium organized by …
This tech company is flipping the switch to the future — but some are scared that future looks a little too close to a science fiction horror movie. Boston Dynamics …
You don’t need to have been petrified by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Skynet-commissioned cyborg assassin in 1984’s The Terminator to fret that super-strong, all-terrain, bipedal humanoid robots sprinting up steps, pulling backflips, …
SCIENTISTS have revealed a humanoid robot that mimics your every movement. Videos of the mind-blowing tech show the two-legged bot doing everything from lifting boxes and kicking a ball, to …
As advances in robotics and artificial intelligence continue, efforts to make robots less creepy and unsettling and more friendly and human-like are a coveted niche of development. Now, federally funded …
A CLEVER team of scientists have created a set of cyborg cockroaches with robot brains specially trained to save lives. The fascinating invention will see the insects deployed after natural …