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Swarms of Mini Robots Could Dig the Tunnels of the Future

Tunnel Vision

Swarms of Mini Robots Could Dig the Tunnels of the Future

Chris Baraniuk

Amazon’s ‘Safe’ New Robot Won’t Fix its Worker Injury Problem

Unsafe Space

Amazon’s ‘Safe’ New Robot Won’t Fix its Worker Injury Problem

Khari Johnson

This Warehouse Robot Reads Human Body Language

Collab

This Warehouse Robot Reads Human Body Language

Will Knight

Farming Drives Toward ‘Precision Agriculture’ Technologies

RoboCrop

Farming Drives Toward ‘Precision Agriculture’ Technologies

Tom Johnson

Hospital Robots Are Helping Combat a Wave of Nurse Burnout

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Hospital Robots Are Helping Combat a Wave of Nurse Burnout

Khari Johnson

This Cheetah Robot Taught Itself How to Sprint in a Weird Way

See Bot Run

This Cheetah Robot Taught Itself How to Sprint in a Weird Way

Matt Simon

What Happens When AI Fighter Pilots Take to the Skies?

Warfare

What Happens When AI Fighter Pilots Take to the Skies?

Kenneth Payne

The Elusive Hunt for a Robot That Can Pick a Ripe Strawberry

Soft Touch

The Elusive Hunt for a Robot That Can Pick a Ripe Strawberry

Khari Johnson

A New Trick Lets Artificial Intelligence See in 3D

Depth of Field

A New Trick Lets Artificial Intelligence See in 3D

Will Knight

Here Come the Underdogs of the Robot Olympics

AUTO PILOT

Here Come the Underdogs of the Robot Olympics

Tom Vanderbilt

Now Physical Jobs Are Going Remote Too

Long Distance

Now Physical Jobs Are Going Remote Too

Will Knight

Now You Can Rent a Robot Worker—for Less Than Paying a Human

Hourly Rate

Now You Can Rent a Robot Worker—for Less Than Paying a Human

Will Knight

John Deere's Self-Driving Tractor Stirs Debate on AI in Farming

Sow It Goes

John Deere's Self-Driving Tractor Stirs Debate on AI in Farming

Will Knight

See Little Robots Get Swole in This Virtual 'Gym'

Do You Even Lift

See Little Robots Get Swole in This Virtual 'Gym'

Matt Simon

This Drone Uses Piercing Talons to Perch—or Snatch Things

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This Drone Uses Piercing Talons to Perch—or Snatch Things

Matt Simon

Robots Won’t Close the Warehouse Worker Gap Anytime Soon

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Robots Won’t Close the Warehouse Worker Gap Anytime Soon

Will Knight

Inside X’s Mission to Make Robots Boring

Plaintext

Inside X’s Mission to Make Robots Boring

Steven Levy

This Intrepid Robot Is the WALL-E of the Deep Sea

They See Me Rollin'

This Intrepid Robot Is the WALL-E of the Deep Sea

Matt Simon

These Robots Follow You to Learn Where to Go

On Their Own

These Robots Follow You to Learn Where to Go

Khari Johnson

These Virtual Obstacle Courses Help Real Robots Learn to Walk

Beware

These Virtual Obstacle Courses Help Real Robots Learn to Walk

Will Knight