GM Super Cruise self-driving car tech gets virtual playpen

GM is ramping up its self-driving car tests, using a new high-speed 360-degree simulator to test its upcoming Cadillac Super Cruise tech without having to fully build the vehicles first. … Continue reading

Honda ASIMO learns sign-language and masters stairs

Honda has revealed a new version of ASIMO, its humanoid robot, now able to climb stairs smoothly and communicate using sign language. Shown off in New York this week, ASIMO … Continue reading

International Space Station’s robotic crew member gets legs

Robonaut 2 is a robot living aboard the International Space Station with its many scientists, taking on tasks that allow the crew to do more scientific research while it does … Continue reading

Google invests in Savioke robo service start-up

Google has invested in another robotics firm, with Google Ventures taking a stake in a mysterious new robo startup called Savioke that was launched by the tech guy behind the … Continue reading

Zuta Labs Mini Mobile Robotic Printer roams page trailing ink

It’s clearly a week for crowdfunding unusual printers, with multi-million raising home 3D printer The Micro followed by Zuta Labs Mini Mobile Robotic Printer, a shuffling printing puck small enough … Continue reading

This Incredible Robotic Building Set Is Like Lego Come to Life

This Incredible Robotic Building Set Is Like Lego Come to Life

In today’s toy-scape, robotic building sets have handily made the transition from fad to staple, and for good reason—they are awesome. But in a world where Lego Mindstorms reigns king , nothing has managed to combine function, universal appeal, and straight up fun quite like TinkerBots. This could be your kids’—and, for that matter, your—new favorite toy.

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Robots employed as first fully automated solar panel cleaners

We may not yet have achieved our Jetsons utopia, but advancements in robotics have happened at a clipped rate over the years, and slowly robotic devices have worked their way … Continue reading

Savioke Gets $2M To Build A ‘Services Industry’ Robot

SaviokePortraits-137 Savioke, a robotics startup out of Sunnyvale led by the former CEO of the now-defunct but influential Willow Garage robotics startup, is announcing a seed round of funding today, $2 million from Jerry Yang’s AME Cloud Ventures, Google Ventures, Morado Venture Partners and other individual investors. It is planning to use the money to develop and build its first robot, an as-yet unnamed piece of… Read More

MIT’s DARPA Atlas robot slated to shed wire tethers

This past August, MIT unboxed the impressive Atlas Robot for the DARPA Robotics Challenge, revealing a rather massive piece of machinery complete with various tethers that provide it with fluid … Continue reading

Festo BionicKangaroo powerful leap thanks to pneumatic drives

The possibility of us needing a jumping robotic kangaroo in the future is very slim, but it’s good to know that the technology behind it is already being worked upon. … Continue reading