First, they walked. Then, they saw the light. Now, miniature biological robots have gained a new trick: remote control. The hybrid 'eBiobots' are the first to combine soft materials, living muscle and ...

Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois have demonstrated the world's smallest remote-controlled walking robot, at just half a millimeter wide. Such tiny machines can bend, twist, crawl, ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Olis Robotics, specialists in remote monitoring, control, and error recovery technology for industrial robots, today announced that it has ...

Imagine walking into a Disney theme park and being greeted by Mike from Monsters Inc. A life-size Mike, perfectly spherically-proportioned on those spindly legs. Fitting a human into a costume like ...

If there is a problem that could potentially be fixed with robots, then it’s not exactly surprising that Japan would be one of the first countries to try it out! – As you may or may not be aware, ...

We've seen our share of running robots, both two-legged and four-legged — but this six-legged bot with the look of a wagon wheel is surely a first. Don't be fooled by the tumbleweed-like motion, ...

Toyota has announced that its humanoid-size robot, the T-HR3, has been controlled successfully through a wireless connection. An improvement on previous generations, a wirelessly controlled T-HR3 is ...

Chinese robot maker Dobot Robotics has showcased its humanoid 'Atom' robot preparing a delicious steak. Although impressive enough, the real feat was the fact that the robot was remotely operated from ...

Spykee is an odd little $300 robot “toy” that’s everything from a webcam to digital music player to VoIP phone and can be controlled via WiFi. Spykee ships with software that allows it to be ...

MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has come up with a use for virtual reality headsets that goes beyond firing them up, checking out a new game, muttering “cool” briefly ...

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