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More legs, more stability on rough terrain

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Centipede robots with more legs are better at walking over bumps

A series of centipede-inspired robots with different numbers of legs show that the more legs a robot has, the better it is at moving across unpredictable ground

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A robot learning how to sorting rubbish in a Google office

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Google robot learns to sort the recyclables left in office waste bins

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This drone can perch on nearly anything

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Inflatable drone can bounce off walls and perch on nearly anything

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US military is testing high-speed driverless vehicles on rough terrain

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Robot snake that moves like a sidewinder could inspect sewage pipes

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Robot snake that moves like a sidewinder could inspect sewage pipes

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Screenshot from the Alexa Arena computer game

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Amazon wants you to help train robots by playing a video game

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Puddle

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Spy robot investigates the enemy and then melts into an oily puddle

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Google's PaLM-e robot selecting a bag of snack from a drawer

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Google robot can have a conversation but also fetch you a snack

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A flying drone can now be controlled via ChatGPT

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Microsoft uses ChatGPT AI to control flying drones and robot arms

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Pleco, the world?s lightest autonomous waterless solar panel cleaning robot. The robot is specifically designed to handle the unique safety and efficiency challenges involved in cleaning C&I installations.

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Solar panel cleaning robot can be dropped off and picked up by drone

Dirty solar panels reduce global solar energy output as much as 5 per cent, but a start-up in Israel has tested drone delivery of a new autonomous robot to clean rooftop arrays

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Metal robot can melt its way out of tight spaces to escape

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This Venom-like magnetic slime robot was a big hit in 2022

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Watch this robot bird use a talon-like claw to land safely on a perch

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Crawling robots will survey ageing US nuclear missile silos

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