A humanoid robot named Sophia sold an NFT, a digital artwork, at an auction online. The piece sold for $688,888. This is the latest in the NFT investment craze. Sophia was created in 2016 by Hanson Robotics, based in Hong…
Toronto researchers built a robotic platform that can screen thousands of COVID-19 samples at a time. The machine can detect a positive case 95 percent of the time. Finding positive cases quickly and accurately is important in a pandemic. The…
Ingenuity will attempt the first flight on another planet. The four-pound helicopter is strapped to NASA’s Perseverance rover. On Mars, the aircraft will perform a series of test flights to demonstrate if flight is possible. If the missions are a…
Exploring the ocean and repairing underwater structures can be dangerous work. But scientists are designing robots that could do these jobs. One kind of robot looks like a snake. It would repair and inspect oil rigs. Its thin, flexible shape…
The sky lit up with stars as Lady Gaga performed during Super Bowl LI’s halftime show. But these stars were created by a group of 300 drones. The drones are part of Intel’s Shooting Star squad. They worked together to make…
This week, thousands of people will gather in Las Vegas for CES 2017. CES is an annual convention run by the Consumer Technology Association. Companies come to CES from all around the world. They set up exhibits to reveal their new…
Cockroaches are known for their ability to squeeze into small spaces. That's why scientists are using technology inspired by cockroach exoskeletons to develop robots. These robots could be used to search disaster areas. The robotic cockroaches would be able to squeeze through small…
If you're flying a recreational drone in the United States, pretty soon you'll have to register it with the U.S. government. Regulators have not yet decided how registration will work, but they hope the change will make recreational drones safer to the…
NASA, known mostly for sending objects into space, has developed a robot that can explore deep inside active volcanoes. The two robots, named VolcanoBots, can climb along walls and explore the fissures within a volcano. The hope is that the VolcanoBots will be able to…
Would you like a helper robot at home? A robot that follows you, lights up any room you’re in, or moves your flowers to follow the sunlight? Then Patin may be right for you! This prototype robot is designed like a docking station.…