ROBOTS

Driverless Cars Could Be Hacked With Stickers on Traffic Signs, Study Suggests

A few stickers could keep a driverless car from correctly identifying a street sign.

MIT Develops Robot Jewelry That Crawls Over Your Body

It's inspired by the bejeweled beetles that are worn as decoration.

Don’t Rely on an App to Identify Which Mushrooms You Can Eat

Figuring out whether or not a mushroom is safe probably shouldn’t be left up to artificial intelligence.

Watch This Robot Crack a Safe in 15 Minutes

With one big insight, Nathan Seidle was able to whittle a four-month safecracking job into a 15-minute one.

Japan Is Getting Sushi Delivery Robots

Autonomous sushi delivery? Sign us up.

The Roomba's Creator Invented an Underwater Vacuum That Sucks Up Invasive Lionfish

The Guardian is designed to capture the hordes of lionfish devastating reefs and fish populations in the Atlantic Ocean.

The New ISS Mascot: This Incredibly Cute Camera Drone

The Int-Ball, which can be controlled from Earth, will free up time astronauts would otherwise spend photographing their work.

How a Squishy Worm Robot Could Improve Colonoscopies

The squirming device is softer and safer than traditional technology.

5 Robots That Screwed Up Big-Time

A newsbot reported an earthquake—almost a century later.

7 Smart Cleaning Devices to Help Keep Your Allergies at Bay

Are your allergies acting up as the weather gets warmer? These robots can help clean up your living space in no time.

This Tool Knows If Robots Are Coming for Your Job

Is your risk level "doomed" or "totally safe"?

This Germ-Killing Robot Could Help Airlines' Hygiene Problem

The makers of the GermFalcon claim it kills 99 percent of the bacteria in a plane cabin in five minutes.

Computer Scientists Are Using Reddit to Teach Machines Sarcasm

A new dataset makes use of the fact that on Reddit, users tag their own comments as sarcastic.

Watch Hilariously Awkward Robots Rap About Their Machine-Learning Skills

"I got 99 problems / But learning by imitation from human-human interactions ain't one."

New Ultrasound Tech Captures Clearest Imaging Ever of a 20-Week-Old Fetus

A London-based fetal imaging research project is developing ways to screen for abnormalities earlier.

MIT’s Transparent Gel Robot Can Catch and Release a Live Goldfish Underwater

It can kick a ball, too.

These Cardboard Drones Are (Highly Useful) Paper Airplanes for the Military

They're part of an effort to design single-use drones that can disappear after a mission is complete.

This Robot Can Pick Up Fruit Without Squishing It

Grocery warehouses could one day be totally robotic.

Robot-Staffed Coffee Shop Opens in San Francisco

What this barista lacks in warmth it makes up for in efficiency.

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9 Women Changing the Future of Robotics

Look to these brilliant women for what to expect from the robots of tomorrow.

9 Robots Designed to Optimize Your Life

While science-fiction continues to give robots a bad rap by portraying them as power-hungry overlords-in-waiting, tech companies continue to engineer humanoids that have a more altruistic goal: making our lives a little easier.

7 of History's Greatest Robots

Robotic inventions have fascinated, amazed, and helped humans for thousands of years.

Border Control Agencies May One Day Use AI to Detect Travelers’ Lies

If you lie about that fruit you’ve brought back from another country, AVATAR will call you out on it.

IBM and Rice University Team Up on a Robot to Care for the Elderly

The Watson-powered robot will directly aid both patients and their caregivers.

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