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Czech playwright Karel Capek coined the word “robot” in his seminal 1920 work, “Rossum’s Universal Robots.” In this dark piece of sci-fi, the term described flesh-and-blood laborers made from organic ...

A-RED Walking Robot is a captivating toy robot simulator combines realistic physics with innovative mechanics in a world full of challenges and fun. In A-RED Walking Robot, you’ll take control of ...

Walking bipedal robots excel at tasks such as traversing uneven terrain, but because they're so mechanically complex, they can't be made very small. That could soon change, however, thanks to the ...

Walking, talking humanoid robots that were once firmly the domain of science fiction are on their way. In fact, a Morgan Stanley report recently predicted that 13 million human robots will be among us ...

To a robot, it might look like something from a horror film. Parts — a battery, circuit boards and wiring —are arrayed in pieces on a white lab bench. Metallic arms and legs lay inert on nearby ...

Researchers have created the smallest walking robot yet. Its mission: to be tiny enough to interact with waves of visible light and still move independently, so that it can maneuver to specific ...

This is a 30-second exposure shot of Earth captured by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. (ESA/NASA) (CN) — Certain tasks are necessary but dangerous, such as fixing as a wind ...

A humanoid robot has strolled into the record books after completing the longest-ever walk by such a machine. Built by Chinese robotics firm AgiBot, the A2’s record-breaking trek covered 106.3 ...

Cornell researchers in physics and engineering have created the smallest walking robot yet, and its tiny size is only a side-effect. Controlled by magnets and small enough to diffract visible light, ...

A Chinese robot has found its way into the Guinness World Records after it completed a three-day, 100-kilometre trek, making it the longest ever reported distance travelled by a humanoid machine. As ...