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image of the steerable needle robot showing the robotic actuation unit and bronchoscope. Note that the steerable needle is not shown

Technology

Robot guides needle into lungs more accurately than human doctors

A robot guided a flexible needle into the lungs of pigs, outperforming humans using straight needles

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The robot and a scalpel

Technology

Self-healing robot recovers from being stabbed then walks off

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A small device shaped like Pac-Man can move on the surface of water and around obstacles without a motor. It could lead to the development of small robots for environmental monitoring of lakes and rivers.

Technology

Plastic 'Pac-Man' moves using water ripples

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Having AIs train robot dogs to balance makes them a lot cheaper

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Having AIs train robot dogs to balance makes them a lot cheaper

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RoboCap in a dish in the lab

Technology

Robotic pill that delivers drugs to gut could end insulin injections

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A diagram showing magnetic field distrurbances mapped out

Technology

Robot navigates indoors by tracking anomalies in magnetic fields

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Liquid robot can split into tiny droplets and reform into a blob

Physics

Liquid robot can split into tiny droplets and reform into a blob

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Biological robots grown from human tracheal cells induced neuron healing in a laboratory experiment

Health

Living robots made from human cells may induce neuron healing

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PMF97R Wings of the Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) from a dead specimen. Showing veins and transparent cells

Technology

Hovering robots could get more lift by 'treading water' in the air

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A robot arm assessing whether to feed someone

Technology

Robot that learns social cues could feed people with tetraplegia

Feeding robot works out when people are ready for their next mouthful by watching for social signs, which could make it easier to socialise for those who can’t use their arms

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A four-legged robot can learn to walk in an hour like a newborn foal

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Efforts to regulate 'killer robots' are threatened by war in Ukraine

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Artificially intelligent robot perpetuates racist and sexist prejudice

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AI-powered robot learned to make letters out of Play-Doh on its own

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