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Hovering robots could get more lift by 'treading water' in the air

Moving like an insect may not be the most efficient way for tiny flying robots to hover – they get more lift by taking advantage of vortices of air that form under their wings

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PMF97R Wings of the Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) from a dead specimen. Showing veins and transparent cells

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Robot that learns social cues could feed people with tetraplegia

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A robot arm assessing whether to feed someone

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A four-legged robot can learn to walk in an hour like a newborn foal

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A Ukrainian soldier observing the area at a destroyed bridge

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Efforts to regulate 'killer robots' are threatened by war in Ukraine

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Young woman's eye with futuristic circular element showing user interface data screen panel

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Artificially intelligent robot perpetuates racist and sexist prejudice

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AI-powered robot learned to make letters out of Play-Doh on its own

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AI-powered robot learned to make letters out of Play-Doh on its own

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Tiny robots shaped like jiggling staples can form structures that help them move more easily even when they are programmed to push each other away.

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Small robots can't move by themselves but slide when they team up

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A robot cat and mouse

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Watch a robot cat chase a robot mouse

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Minsk, Belarus - May 14, 2021: Woman puts a car key in the pocket of a denim bag - do not forget to take important things with you; Shutterstock ID 2022020750; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Robot can find keys in a bag just by listening as it rummages around

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Robotic peregrine falcon can scare birds away from crop fields

A flying robot inspired by peregrine falcons offers a non-lethal method for scaring flocks of birds from crop fields

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Watch this cockroach robot squirm through a tricky obstacle course

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Robot that climbs through gut without losing grip could deliver drugs

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Watch a jumping robot that could one day leap across the moon

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Meet the machines that that can evolve all by themselves

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