Robotics

Folding Drone Can Drop Into Inaccessible Mines

IEEE Spectrum: Inspecting old mines is a dangerous business. For humans, mines can be lethal: prone to rockfalls and filled with noxious gases. Robots can go where humans might suffocate, but even robots can only do so much when mines are…

This is the first image taken by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover

Technology Review: NASA’s Perseverance rover has landed safely on Mars. The spacecraft survived its journey through the Martian atmosphere and made a soft touchdown at Jezero crater. Shortly after landing, it sent back this picture from the surface using its Hazard…

Soft Legged Robot Uses Pneumatic Circuitry to Walk Like a Turtle

IEEE Spectrum: Soft robots are inherently safe, highly resilient, and potentially very cheap, making them promising for a wide array of applications. But development on them has been a bit slow relative to other areas of robotics, at least partially because…

Boston Dynamics’ robot dog gets an arm attachment, self-charging capabilities

Ars Technica: Boston Dynamics’ “Spot” robot is getting some upgrades. The robot dog officially went on sale to the public last year for a cool $74,500. For the first time…