Robot Rin Tin Tin can rescue you from that collapsed mine shaft
It might even hand you the fire extinguisher
Science18 Sep 2019 | 20
Robotics
Articles tagged with Robotics
If Syria pioneered grain processing by watermill in 350BC, the UK in 2019 can do better... right?
Wrong: Biz committee bemoans lack of automation strategy
Science18 Sep 2019 | 46
Russian spacebot stranded outside the ISS as Soyuz fails to dock
Fleshbag crew spared from robotic companion for the moment by Kurs kerfuffle
Science26 Aug 2019 | 29
My god, it's full of tsars: A gun-toting Russian humanoid robot is on its way to the International Space Station
Video What could possibly go wrong?
Science23 Aug 2019 | 71
Can't dance? That's no excuse. Let a robot do it for you at this 'forced exoskeleton rave'
Where else but San Francisco?
Science26 Jul 2019 | 23
I see you're writing an app... Microsoft nudges AI Clippy-for-Code out the door, turns machine learning onto Word
Build IntelliCode kinda available, online text editor to suggest sentence rewrites
Devops06 May 2019 | 24
Ok Google, please ignore this free tax filing code so we can keep on screwing America
Updated TurboTax and H&R Block use robots.txt, metatags to hide in plain sight
Software26 Apr 2019 | 100
Boffins bring home the bacon as AI-powered robo-medic performs heart surgery on pigs
'The best way to do this is a partnership between the robot and a surgeon'
AI + ML25 Apr 2019 | 10
Watch Toyota's huge basketball robot shoot a hoop, and read up on how you should think about AI and, erm, Jesus
Roundup Also massive policy body cam org Axon is pursuing facial recog after all
AI + ML14 Apr 2019 | 66
'It's like painting with atoms'... Watch how boffins form armies of simple micron-sized bots from a silicon wafer
Video And they may be injected into your body one day
Science10 Mar 2019 | 54
We sent a Reg vulture to RSA to learn about the future of AI and security. And it's no use. It's bots all the way down
RSA We'd call this blue-sky thinking but the sky is thick with swarms of drones
AI + ML06 Mar 2019 | 19
OK, smarty pants AI. You can beat us humans at video games. But how about real-world puzzles like Jenga? Oh, oh no
Vid Yes, let's distract killer neural networks with boredom-killing toys
AI + ML31 Jan 2019 | 14
Watch an AI robot program itself to, er, pick things up and push them around
Vid Why can't robots just learn to do things without being told?
AI + ML18 Jan 2019 | 8
World's first robot hotel massacres half of its robot staff
Rise of the Machines™ 'You're fired'
AI + ML15 Jan 2019 | 77
Q. How exactly do you test car seats? A. With this sweaty 'robutt' that twerks for days and days
Vid Watch this game of moist mechanical musical chairs
Science11 Jan 2019 | 24
It's 2019, the year Blade Runner takes place: I can has flying cars?
Feature Yesterday's sci-fi has become today's crappy kit, apart from space colonies and AI
Science01 Jan 2019 | 202
Ding dong merrily on high. In Berkeley, the bots are singeing: Self-driving college cooler droid goes up in flames
Kiwibot snack shuttle snuffed by thermal runaway
Science17 Dec 2018 | 57
Postmates plans rollout of autonomous delivery robots in US
Wheeled robo-containers called Serve headed first to LA
On-Prem13 Dec 2018 | 27
Here's 2018 in a nutshell for you... Russian super robot turns out to be man in robot suit
Video State TV can't decide whether it was duped or not
Bootnotes12 Dec 2018 | 90
Forget ripping off brains for AI. Butterflies and worms could lead us to self-repairing intelligent robots, says prof
'It’s clear that intelligent behavior doesn’t always require a brain'
AI + ML07 Dec 2018 | 18
Alphabet gives bipedal robots the Schaft 'cos no one wants to buy its creepy machine maker
Even Softbank balked at these tethered terrors
Bootnotes16 Nov 2018 | 22
Transformers: Robots... at least it tries: Watch boffins' Optimus Dime rearrange on the fly
Its creators see this shape-shifter droid as more like Big Hero 6 than cheesy Autobots
Science02 Nov 2018 | 11
How do some of the best AI algorithms perform on real robots? Not well, it turns out
Machine learning finds reality a whole different ball game
AI + ML25 Sep 2018 | 17
It's a mug's game: Watch AI robot grab a cuppa it hasn't seen before
Video Machine-learning software taught how to pick up things it hasn't seen before
AI + ML11 Sep 2018 | 41
Kids are more likely than adults to submit to peer pressure from robots
Hey...kids...yes order 10 of those and give me your parent's credit card details
Science16 Aug 2018 | 38
Uptight robots that suddenly beg to stay alive are less likely to be switched off by humans
Poll Chatty, friendly bots more likely to be unplugged – study
AI + ML03 Aug 2018 | 63
Basic bigot bait: Build big black broad bots – non-white, female 'droids get all the abuse
What the fsck is wrong with people... judging from this study
Science03 Aug 2018 | 116
Relax, Amazon workers – OpenAI-trained robo hand isn't much use (well, not right now)
Vid Turns out replacing humans isn't that easy after all
AI + ML30 Jul 2018 | 16
Boffins mix AI and chemicals to create super-fast lab assistant
Faster than human boffins, and hopefully more reliable
AI + ML19 Jul 2018 | 15
CIMON says: Say hello to your new AI pal-bot, space station 'nauts
Giant grinning cartoon-like Tamagotchi thing built by Airbus, IBM blasts up into orbit
AI + ML29 Jun 2018 | 59
Oracle, for one, says we'll welcome our new robot overlords: '90%' of you will obey an AI bot
You will obey! You will obey! You will obey! You will obey!
AI + ML29 Jun 2018 | 31
Get a grip, literally: Clumsy robots can't nab humans' jobs just yet
Amazon challenge winners roll out neural net for droids that need to grab stationary stuff
AI + ML26 Jun 2018 | 27
Softbank's 'Pepper' robot is a security joke
Big-in-Japan 'bot offers root access through hard-coded password and worse bugs too
Security29 May 2018 | 63
Robo-callers, robo-cops, robo-runners, robo-car crashes, and more
Roundup Find out more about Google Duplex, the Atlas robot, and what caused Uber's deadly accident
AI + ML12 May 2018 | 24
LESTER looks up, spins its wheels: The Register’s beer-butler can see ...
No beer will be left unbothered
Personal Tech08 May 2018 | 40
AI crisis: Sony reports shortage of cute robot puppies!
It's made 11,111 of its Aibo 2.0 robot leg-lifters and can’t satisfy demand
Personal Tech08 May 2018 | 19
Motorised robo-coolbox biz Starship makes lunchtime pitch to campus-dwellers
Too lazy to get a meal deal? Ask for drone deliveries
Science01 May 2018 | 17
LESTER gets ready to trundle: The Register's beer-bot has a name
And garners industry attention
Personal Tech20 Apr 2018 | 53
Machines learned to assemble IKEA’s semi-disposable furniture
Oi! Robots! Take this human job. PLEEEAASE take this job
AI + ML19 Apr 2018 | 75
El Reg needs you – to help build an automated beer-transporting robot
We're thirsty and comfy and there's work to do and it's faaar
Bootnotes11 Apr 2018 | 164
Get ready for the Internet of Battle Things, warns US Army AI boffin
Future wars will be fought with physical and cyber robots
AI + ML11 Apr 2018 | 25
Googlers revolt over AI military tech contract, brainiacs boycott killer robots, and more
Roundup Your guide to this week in machine-learning
AI + ML07 Apr 2018 | 35
I'll bee back: Boffin's bionic bug Band-Aid after real ones all die
Plus: Leaping robotic spiders, anyone? No?
Science02 Mar 2018 | 21
Wanna build an AI robot? Don't have an actual robot yet? Try this Holodeck for droids
OpenAI emits more simulation environments for toolkit Gym
AI + ML26 Feb 2018 | 11
Japan's Robo-Bartenders point to a golden future
Tired travellers floored by perfectly poured pints
Bootnotes20 Feb 2018 | 75
Reinforcement learning woes, robot doggos, Amazon's homegrown AI chips, and more
Roundup Why machines aren't really superhuman at all
AI + ML17 Feb 2018 | 25
Is that you, T-1000? No, just a lil robot that can mimic humans on sight
Video Don't worry, it's not as terrifying as it sounds
AI + ML08 Feb 2018 | 9
Sex robot forum venue 'encrypted in a poem'
All Greek Orthodox church halls to me
Personal Tech19 Dec 2017 | 15
Pest control: Eggheads work to help RoboBees dodge that fly-swatter
Whoosh... gust of wind - sorry chaps, I'm out
Science15 Dec 2017 | 23
Storage uber alles: SoftBank chucks $20 mill into Nexenta's hat
Which pie *doesn't* Japanese corp have a finger in?
Storage28 Nov 2017 |
Why Boston Dynamics' backflipping borg shouldn't scare you
Ruse of the Machines
Science17 Nov 2017 | 36
Tesla buys robot maker. Hang on, isn't that your sci-fi bogeyman, Elon?
Slight glitch in Industrial Revolution 4.0
On-Prem08 Nov 2017 | 34
More expensive, takes longer than usual, not particularly brilliant. Yes, it's your robot surgeon
Also, AI isn't really doing much for the economy
Science07 Nov 2017 | 21
Robot takes the job of sitting on your arse
Poll Ford reveals 'metallic butt' used to test car seats. We're calling it Seat-3-P-O
Bootnotes31 Oct 2017 | 45
Robot granted Saudi citizenship has more rights than Saudi women
Creepy Sophia strikes again
AI + ML27 Oct 2017 | 34
It's time to rebuild the world for robots
We smoothed the world for cars, but assume robots will have eyes and ears
Science24 Oct 2017 | 55
Boeing borgs robot aeronautics biz Aurora Flight Sciences
Will this be the end of piloted planes? Give it a while yet
Science05 Oct 2017 | 13
BOFH: Come on, PFY, let's pick a Boss
Episode 12 Robot intelligence not there yet... but neither is Boss intelligence
BOFH29 Sep 2017 | 35
Behold, says robo-mall-cop maker: Our crime-busting dune buggy packed with spy gear
Pics Surveillance bots are just 'a very weird data center'
Science20 Sep 2017 | 75
Smart robots prove stupidly easy to hack for spying and murder
Your plastic pal who's psychotic
Security22 Aug 2017 | 12
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