missiles Russian Gun Show debuts a new robot dog with a missile launcher backpack Thom Dunn

canny valley Android appears to amuse itself in front of a mirror Mark Frauenfelder

robotics Dead spiders reanimated as robot grippers in "necrobotics" breakthrough David Pescovitz

chess Video: the moment a chess robot broke 7-year-old opponent's finger during game David Pescovitz

robotics This robotic finger is covered in living human skin David Pescovitz

microrobotics Researchers create a robot so small it can crawl along the edge of a penny Gareth Branwyn

robotics Behold! A robot that peels a banana without mushing it! David Pescovitz

imitation learning Quadruped robot can raise up on its hind legs Mark Frauenfelder

microscale Tiny liquid robots swim around powered by "food" in the water instead of electricity David Pescovitz

robo boats A robot tugboat just made a successful 1000-mile journey overseas Thom Dunn

tanks US Army to run battle simulations between groups of robotic tanks David Pescovitz

wearbles Wearable robotic exoskeleton that transforms into wheeled scooter David Pescovitz

poop ai iRobot built over 100 models of dog poop to train Roomba's visual AI Clive Thompson

microrobots The tiny robeetle earned Guinness Record as world's smallest crawling robot David Pescovitz

biomechanics Watch these squirrels do parkour… for science! David Pescovitz

parkour Watch these humanoid robots do parkour (and sometimes fail gloriously!) David Pescovitz

mechanized performance art Mark Setrakian's Axis, a sinister-looking robotic hand that spins a globe Gareth Branwyn

hair Robot learns to brush tangly hair without inflicting pain David Pescovitz

exoskeletons This self-walking exoskeleton infers your destination and takes you there David Pescovitz

sneakers These sneakers are woven by robots and have 3D-printed soles David Pescovitz