March 24, 2016 Robots that fall upwards to safeguard the oceans The U.S. military wants to seed the remote reaches of the deep sea -- with unmanned stealth technology.
March 24, 2016 Liquid ping-pong robots self assemble in Colorado Robo-droplets are now swarming together, coalescing into a "liquid that thinks," in the lab of Professor Nikolaus Correll from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
March 24, 2016 Gold, silver, bronze, silicon? Robot Olympics set to begin While the world gears up for the London Olympics, humanoid robots are preparing to compete in their own Olympics.
March 24, 2016 Could guided bullets turn average Joe into sniper? Two military research labs have been racing to revolutionize rifle accuracy and range by developing the first-ever guided bullets -- a technology that could potentially give any hunter sniper skills, if made public.
March 24, 2016 Immigrants could cause a superbug apocalypse, scientists warn Immigrants may import dangerous and potentially lethal superbug strains, a medical journal recently warned -- and robots may hold the answer.
March 10, 2016 Most Americans think robots will take our jobs within 50 years Many Americans think that within 50 years, robots will "definitely" or "probably" do much of the work we do today.
March 9, 2016 Hilton taps IBM's Watson supercomputer for new robotic concierge Hilton Worldwide has teamed up with IBM to pilot “Connie,” a robot hotel concierge powered by the tech giant’s Watson supercomputer.
February 24, 2016 This humanoid Atlas robot can take a punch You might call this the Energizer Bunny of the robot world.
January 27, 2016 My conversation with Alec Ross: How technology will change our economy and culture Alec Ross's new book offers in-depth analysis of the relationship between technology and government, business, and education, and predicts how future innovation will disrupt society.
January 25, 2016 This robot manages to solve a Rubik's Cube in a second So much for the glory of man.