Robotics Archives

We love the new robotaxi from Zoox

6 September 2021 • Mark Westall

We love Zoox’s new purpose-built robotaxi. Since its inception in 2014, Zoox has combined artificial intelligence, robotics, vehicle design, and… Read More

#WTF! Boston Dynamics’s new robot Atlas. [VIDEO]

20 August 2021 • Mark Westall

Boston Dynamics have released a video of their new robot named Atlas. The video shows how Atlas can manoeuvre, leap, somersault,… Read More

You can now buy Boston Dynamics’s four legged Spot robot

19 June 2020 • Mark Westall

Boston Dynamics have started selling online its four-legged Spot robots that can walk, climb stairs, and open doors for $75,000 each—as long as buyers agree not to arm them or use them as weapons.

Moxie is a robot designed for children

18 May 2020 • Mark Westall

Moxie is a robot designed for children by the Yves Béhar led studio fuseproject. Moxie is AI-equipped and has been created to help kids develop different abilities — social, emotional and cognitive — through everyday play.

Centauro the horse-like disaster response robot with karate chopping hoofs.

30 July 2018 • Staff

Engineers at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have built a disaster response robot with a horse-like form. Based on the design of a centaur

Boston Dynamics plan to sell 100 SpotMini Robot Dogs in 2019

13 May 2018 • Mark Westall

Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert just proclaimed that the company is planning to sell 100 of its dog-like SpotMini robots in 2019.

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Shelly the tortoise robot

21 March 2018 • Mark Westall

We love Shelly the tortoise robot. Created by researchers at Naver Labs, KAIST, and Seoul National University Shelly shows children the consequences of their actions when it comes to robots.