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News Articles: Robots

Alexander Skarsgård in <em>Murderbot</em>, out Friday on Apple TV+.

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  • TV Reviews

'Murderbot' is the best new comedy of 2025. You read that right

The Apple TV+ show takes what might be the oldest sci-fi premise there is — what does it mean to be human? — and mines it for comedy gold.

May 16, 2025
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures at the Tenth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, on April 13, 2024. Tesla is hosting an event it's calling "We, Robot" in Hollywood on Thursday night.

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  • Business

Tesla is expected to unveil a robotaxi tonight: 5 things to know

On Thursday night, Tesla is holding a splashy event it’s calling “We, Robot.” CEO Elon Musk says fully autonomous vehicles are key to Tesla’s future, and for years he has promised they are coming.

October 10, 2024
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
An image released by University of Tokyo researchers shows a robot smiling, with the help of mechanical actuators beneath a flexible layer of living skin.

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  • Technology

A robot gets a face of living ‘skin’ that allows it to smile

If humanoid robots make you a bit queasy — would it help if they had fleshy faces that can smile at you?

June 29, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Sean Crimmins, a senior in engineering at the University of Nebraska, loads the robotic arm into its case on Aug. 11 before a shake test.

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  • Space

A tiny robot on the space station will simulate remote-controlled surgery up there

A robotic assistant recently arrived at the International Space Station to perform a simulated surgery that will be controlled by a surgeon 250 miles away on Earth.

February 10, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Staff of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) watch a live stream of the moon landing by the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft at JAXA's Sagamihara Campus near Tokyo.

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  • Space

Japan succeeds in soft landing on the moon, but its lander has a power problem

Japan is now the fifth country to pull off a soft landing on the moon. A Japanese space agency manager earlier called the landing "a breathless, numbing 20 minutes of terror!"

January 19, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
When army ants encounter obstacles, they link together to build living bridges.

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  • Animals

Army ants use collective intelligence to build bridges. Robots could learn from them

As army ants travel over uneven terrain, they link their bodies together to create bridges — a system that might give engineers insight into controlling robotic swarms.

November 21, 2023
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By:
  • Kai McNamee
A program called MomConnect fields questions via mobile phone about pregnancy and babies. It started in South Africa and now is offered in other countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Timor-Leste as well.

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  • Global Health

A robot answers questions about health. Its creators just won a $2.25 million prize

At the Skoll World Forum this week, South Africa's Reach Digital Health was one of five honorees. They offer health advice via mobile phones to millions, focusing on pregnancy, babies and COVID.

April 14, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Most robots have not generally been equipped for the task of folding clothes. But an international group of researchers say their new method could change that — or at least speed up the process. Their robot is seen here in multiple exposures.

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  • Technology

The fastest ever laundry-folding robot is here. And it's likely still slower than you

Researchers and companies have tried over the years to automate the chore with limited success. Using a brand new method, researchers have taught a robot to fold a record 30-40 garments per hour.

October 22, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
People take pictures and videos of the Boston Dynamics robot Spot during an event in Lisbon in 2019.

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  • Technology

Some leading robot makers are pledging not to weaponize them

The companies warned that "untrustworthy people" could use their robots to harm others or infringe on civil liberties, and they pledged to make sure their customers didn't weaponize the products.

October 06, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
A robot plays a game of chess against a man in 1985.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Are robots masters of strategy, and also grudges?

NPR's Scott Simon wonders whether the robots are turning on us.

August 02, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Simon
A Field Support Robot was used to retrieve rugby balls on day three of the Tokyo Olympics. Over the weekend, the robot will help during track and field events.

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  • Technology

Say Hello To The Tokyo Olympic Robots

The field support robot will be fetching all sorts of objects during the weekend's track and field events. It's one of several robots designed to make the games more user-friendly and efficient.

July 31, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Birmingham Barons outfielder Luis Basabe moves toward a ball in front of the vintage scoreboard in 2019 at Rickwood Field, America's oldest baseball park, in Birmingham, Ala.

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  • Sports

Minor League Baseball To Experiment With Robotic Umpires

The robot could help rein in different interpretations of the strike zone among umpires. It also limits the ability of catchers to frame a pitch. The machine will appear in select Low-A games.

March 12, 2021
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By:
  • Merrit Kennedy
Kevin Chen, an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, envisions a time when his insect-sized drone could be used as a search and rescue robot — to find survivors in disaster debris that bigger drones couldn't reach.

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  • Technology

Don't Swat This Bug. It Might Be A Robot On A Rescue Mission

Scientists are trying to build a tiny drone with the agility of a mosquito. These light but strong flying robots could be used in critical situations, such as finding people in a collapsed building.

March 04, 2021
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By:
  • Avery Keatley,
  • Noel King,
  • and 1 more
Middle school students from Dacula, Georgia, hope to bring home another win from the  2018 VEX Robotics World Championship.

STEM Students Ask: Can Robots Be Racist?

A group of middle school students from Dacula , Georgia, is preparing for a world championship. This weekend the “Robo Sapiens” will head to Louisville,...

April 26, 2018
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Leah Fleming
Dr. Howard with Darwin, a robotic assistant that helps children with disabilities accomplish physical therapy at home.

Ayanna Howard Answers, Robots: Friends Or Foes?

Robots are coming and sooner than you think. That’s according our guest this week on Two Way Street: Georgia Tech robotics expert, Ayanna Howard ....

August 15, 2017
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  • Bill Nigut
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