We see a lot of wacky concept vehicles, but few as nutty as Hyundai's Ultimate Utility Vehicles with their robotic stilt legs. And the company is dead serious about building them, too, with a new development and test facility to be built in Montana.

Giant robots that can do some heavy-lifting while derisking human lives are a great way for technology to move ahead.

On August 19, 2021, at the Tesla AI day, Elon Musk announced he was working on a humanoid robot — at the time — called the Tesla Bot (read more on designboom here). According to the Tesla CEO, the robot will run on the same AI used by Tesla’s autonomous vehicle fleet, and will help humans by taking care of unsafe, repetitive, and boring everyday tasks.

Remote robotic-assisted surgery is far from new, with various educational and research institutions developing machines doctors can control from other locations over the years. There hasn't been a lot of movement on that front when it comes to endovascular treatments for stroke patients, which is why a team of MIT engineers has been developing a telerobotic system surgeons can use over the past few years. The team, which has published its paper in Science Robotics, has now presented a robotic arm that doctors can control remotely using a modified joystick to treat stroke patients.

Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have created a framework that could enable a robot to effectively complete complex manipulation tasks with deformable objects, like dough or cloth, that require many tools and take a long time to complete.

Scientists have developed a magnetic, self-healing slime 'robot' that could grab objects in your stomach..

The robot, made by Boston Dynamics, could go to places that aren't safe for humans, Pompeii authorities say.

Stretch thus far hasn’t been nearly as high-profile as Spot. Understandably so. For one thing, it wasn’t Boston Dynamics’ first commercial robot after decades of research and development. For another, it’s designed to mostly be behind the scenes, moving boxes around out of public view. As much as anything, Spot has been a kind of brand ambassador, courting publicity and a touch of controversy for the Hyundai-owned robot maker.

Honda Motor Co.'s Asimo humanoid robot will retire on March 31, ending its 20-year career of wowing the public with walking and dancing demonstrations at a showroom at the automaker's Tokyo headquarters.

Robot dogs are being deployed to patrol the US’s southern border with Mexico, attracting criticism that such a move will exacerbate “anti-immigrant dystopia” and the invasive and dehumanising conditions already prevalent in the region.

This "Alexa on wheels" is now in people’s homes.

Some things just don’t mesh well together. On their own, for example, dogs and robots are pleasant, sometimes even joyous additions to the human experience. When combined though, they can lead to dystopic results. Despite the uncomfortable optics, “robo-dogs” have experienced a resurgence in recent years, particularly among law enforcement agencies.

Researchers are going to find out.

The research that the Robotic Systems Lab at ETH Zürich has published showcases a control system for a legged robot to evaluate how reliable the exteroceptive information that it's getting is. When the data are good, the robot plans ahead and moves quickly.

Automation is reaching more companies, imperiling some jobs and changing the nature of others.

The world's biggest tech show is back. Today, January 5th, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opened its gates to all sorts of innovative and crazy machines. On-site made its apparition a fleet of autonomous robots as well. Called the Ottobots, these small robots are designed to deliver goods both indoors and outdoors.

The car company is excited about the future of robotics.

Eastern mosquitofish, a problem invasive species, can be prevented from reproducing using a robot fish that they find scary

When it comes to robots, bigger isn’t always better. Someday, a swarm of insect-sized robots might pollinate a field of crops or search for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building.

The tiny swimmers wreak havoc across the globe, but the robofish shocked them enough to impair their survival and reproduction.