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Meet LEMUR (Limbed Excursion Mechanical Utility Robot) designed by NASA. It is designed to scan for signs of life and able to reach places on the Moon and Mars that other robots are unable to. In this field test held in...

The Singapore University of Technology and Design has created a drone that separates into a number of smaller microdrones mid-flight. The design of the microdrone was inspired by "helicopter seeds" that can be found on various trees, the microdrones fly...

Students at a university in China wanted to study an affordable method of maintaining balance in quadrupedal robots when they jumped. So they did the best thing they could think of to test it by sticking it on a trampoline!...

With the use of a noninvasive brain-computer interface, researchers have had a breakthrough with the first robotic arm that can be powered by the human mind without the need for any invasive probes! Read the full article here: https://interestingengineering.com/breakthrough-sees-first-mind-controlled-robotic-arm-with-noninvasive-implant image source: Edelman...

This parody shows what happens when the Boston Dynamics Robot fights back, although we hope that something like this doesn't happen...  

Whiskers are common on a huge range of different animals, from cats and dogs to sealife such as seals but why could they be useful on small drones? Animals use them for short range distance sensing, not only are they...

Working together with another human is extremely easy, we can verbally communicate and instinctively adjust our movements depending on what the other person is doing. Having this level of collaboration with a robot yet possible but if it was it...

A YouTuber recently released a video demonstrating their creation the worlds smallest GameCube which is housed in a sweets container! They've had to repurpose a Wii motherboard, relocate a number of components on the motherboard and create some custom power circuits....

Traffic crime is a huge issue in the USA and every year there are a huge number of assaults during routine traffic stops. One company is creating a robotic assistant to try and help reduce the number of physical incidents...