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Don’t be fooled by Elon Musk’s chatty Optimus robots

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Don’t be fooled by Elon Musk’s chatty Optimus robots

The long history of robotics should teach us to be more sceptical when it comes to autonomous humanoid robots, says Nicole Kobie

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Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

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This robot can build anything you ask for out of blocks

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AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world

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AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world

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I took control of NASA's Valkyrie robot and it blew my mind

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Designed robotic tunafish featuring the morphing (first) dorsal fin https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.18843v1

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Robo-tuna reveals how foldable fins help the speedy fish manoeuvre

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Watch a robot peel a squash with human-like dexterity

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Robot dog can stifle weeds by blasting them with a blowtorch

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Tiny jellyfish robots made of ferrofluid can be controlled with light

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Watch a humanoid robot driving a car extremely slowly

A robot named Musashi with a human-like "skeleton" and "musculature" can perform basic driving tasks – but this isn’t the safest approach to autonomous transport

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Sci-fi author Martha Wells on what a machine intelligence might want

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Read an extract from All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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Surgeons can use AI chatbot to tell robots to help with suturing

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Cameras inspired by insect eyes could give robots a wider view

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