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AntBot

Technology

Robot mimics desert ants to find its way home without GPS

AntBot is a six-legged robot that can get home without the help of GPS, thanks to tactics borrowed from desert ants

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The drone’s tail, propeller and wings unfold after launch

Technology

The US plans to launch swarms of attack drones from robo-submarines

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Robotic arms work on a car

Technology

Mind-controlled robot lets you weld metal without using your hands

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The robot arm

Technology

Self-taught robot figures out what it looks like and what it can do

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The truth behind Boston Dynamics' viral robot videos

Technology

The truth behind Boston Dynamics' viral robot videos

Features

Prototyping in Tokyo review – Imagining a future full of lifelike tech

Technology

Prototyping in Tokyo review – Imagining a future full of lifelike tech

Culture

ANYmal in a garden

Technology

Robot dog taught itself to get back up when people kick it over

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A picture of the simulation

Life

Robot version of our distant ancestor hints at how we learned to walk

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Don't miss: 500 years of women in medicine and the future of design

Culture

2018’s weirdest stories: Friendly horses, toddler robots and moonmoons

2018’s weirdest stories: Friendly horses, toddler robots and moonmoons

51¶¯Âþ has covered some strange scientific findings this year. Here is our round-up of the weirdest and wackiest

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Technology

Robot hand that plays Jingle Bells could help us make better limbs

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Life

Don't miss: a game to make you suffer and a new post-apocalyptic film

Culture

Technology

Is visiting a robot brothel ok? Most people say yes, if you are single

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Technology

Don't miss: delusions, a prototype construction robot and a VR game

Culture

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