World’s brightest robot promises not to take over the world
Although she would say that
The world's most advanced humanoid robot assured humans that the machines will "never take over the world."
Russian military touting Chinese bots
Pretending to have invented them
The Russian military, desperate for good news to put on state media, has been dressing up Chinese robots and claiming to have invented them.
Xiaomi released human robot
Costs a fortune
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has revealed the country’s first humanoid robot and it costs a fortune.
Zombie spider powers robot
Necrobotics is now apparently a thing
Boffins from Rice University in Texas have used a dead spider as an actuator at the end of a robot arm and created the field of "necrobotics" which literally means the dead could rise again as robots.
Russian robot breaks kid's fingers
Russian TV and officials blame the kid
A chess-playing robot broke a child's finger during a tournament in Russia last week and the media and authorities were rather too quick to blame the child.
Russians give dancing robot dog a gun
It is the Amercian way
A Twitter video has been released showing a Boston Dynamics-style robot dog firing a submachine gun into targets.
Robot arrested for spying
Egypt cracks down on robot artist
The Egyptian government detained a robot artist claiming that "she" was a spy.
Robot keeps getting fired
It is just getting really depressed about it
It seems that replacing a human with a Robots ls has backfired.
Nvidia Jetson Nano kit out
Hobby kit for kids and evil geniuses interested in creating robots
Nvidia has debuted the Jetson Nano 2GB, a new developer kit for students and hobbyists with an interest in robotics.
Swiss boffins make robotic terminator bugs
You can't step on them
Swiss boffins have developed a light, quick robotic bug called the DEAnsect, which can withstand several whacks from a flyswatter and can survive being stepped on by a shoe.