Robots will one day provide tremendous benefits to society, such as in search and rescue missions and putting out forest fires — but not until they can learn to keep working if they be... Read more
Drones say goodbye to pilots. With the goal of achieving autonomous flight of these aerial vehicles, the researcher José Martínez Carranza from the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics... Read more
Intelligent deep sea robotics: Autonomous underwater robot with intelligent 3D cameras for high precision search and tracking in deep seas Okayama University researchers in collaboration wit... Read more
Creating quite a buzz among robotics enthusiasts and media outlets, a number of robotic security guards recently toured Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus during an industry event. Today, the... Read more
A small band of NASA engineers and interns is about to begin testing a group of robots and related software that will show whether it’s possible for autonomous machines to scurry about... Read more
“Form a sea star shape,” directs a computer scientist, sending the command to 1,024 little bots simultaneously via an infrared light. The robots begin to blink at one another and then gradua... Read more
Algorithm that harnesses data from a new sensor could make autonomous robots more nimble. One of the reasons we don’t yet have self-driving cars and mini-helicopters delivering online purcha... Read more
Ask one technologist and he or she might say that lethal autonomous weapons — machines that can select and destroy targets without human intervention — are the next step in modern warfare, a... Read more
“While drones still have a ‘human in the loop’ who takes the decision to use lethal force, LARs have on-board computers that decide who should be targeted” The United Nations Special Rapport... Read more