Robotics

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

Elon Musk among 116 AI types calling on UN to nobble robo-weapons before they go all Skynet

Open letter to UN warns of 'weapons hacked to behave in undesirable ways'

AI + ML21 Aug 2017 | 40

This surf-and-turf robot swims using ribbon-like fins. And it's floated for US Navy approval

Feature Undulating propulsion system makes waves, useful for amphibious missions

Science01 Aug 2017 | 26

Security robot falls into pond after failing to spot stairs or water

Add 'rent-a-cop' to the 'jobs safe from AI' list … for now

Science18 Jul 2017 | 106

Robo-surgeons, self-driving cars face similar legal, ethical headaches

Like transportation, medicine is becoming more automated, for better or worse

Science13 Jul 2017 | 8

Google blows $800k on bots to flood the UK with 30,000 'articles' a month

Templated stories sourced from gov databases to push web ads. Welcome to your dystopia

AI + ML06 Jul 2017 | 69

It's time for a long, hard mass debate over sex robots, experts conclude

Society has yet to – and perhaps never will – come to terms with creepy kid love dolls

Science06 Jul 2017 | 120

Why, Robot? Understanding AI ethics

Maybe we're headed for a robo-pocalpse, but let's deal with these other problems first, eh?

AI + ML04 Jul 2017 | 42

Gov.UK pops open tin of AI and robotics research cash

Government opens Industrial Strategy linked funding call

AI + ML22 Jun 2017 | 1

Alphabet offloads bot businesses Boston Dynamics and SCHAFT

Who's the cat who won't cop out when there's danger all about? SoftBank. Damn right

On-Prem09 Jun 2017 | 8

German robo-pastor preaches the GNU Testament

Bless me father for I have SYNTAX ERROR

Bootnotes31 May 2017 | 32

Love bots lecture thrills room full of Reg readers

These are not the sex droids you’re looking for...

Lectures30 May 2017 | 10

SoftBank-Saudi fund raises world's biggest tech pot at $93bn

AI, robotics fund definitely won't trigger the singularity *twitch*

On-Prem22 May 2017 | 11

Robot lands a 737 by hand, on a dare from DARPA

Building a bot for the co-pilot's seat may be cheaper than adding automation software

AI + ML17 May 2017 | 106

Pay attention. We're only going to show you this once: OpenAI coaches robots to copy humans

Droids given 'one shot' lessons to stack blocks

Science16 May 2017 | 4

Rich professionals could be replaced by AI, shrieks Gartner

Rise of the Machines Doctors, lawyers, IT folk ... all lost in time, like tears in rain...

AI + ML09 May 2017 | 74

Accept for a second that robot surgeons exist. Who will check they're up to the job – and how?

Let us level with you...

Science20 Apr 2017 | 17

Parcel bods Hermes become latest London drone delivery droogs

Another reason for non-delivery, perhaps?

Science12 Apr 2017 | 27

Hertfordshire primary school girls prepare for World Robotics Champs

And they need some financial help getting there. Fancy chucking a few quid in?

Personal Tech29 Mar 2017 | 27

Robots are killing jobs after all, apparently: One droid equals 5.6 workers

So much for the utopian techno future, according to this study

On-Prem28 Mar 2017 | 59

Miss Misery on hacking Mr Robot and the Missing Sense of Fun

Stob He's both the sharpest tool AND two spanners short

Columnists28 Mar 2017 | 88

Spotted: Bizarre SpaceX rocket-snatching machine that looks like it belongs on Robot Wars

Pic Mawhrin-Skel to ride again?

Science23 Mar 2017 | 57

Wanted: Bot mechanic. New nerds, apply within

Sysadmin Blog Servicing your mechanical overlords

Science21 Mar 2017 | 22

Telepresence robot 'hackable' – security researchers

Firm's boss says customer data was not exposed

Security13 Mar 2017 | 4

Family of technician slain by factory robot sues everyone involved

Industrial bot builders, installers, maintainers blamed for horrific accident

Science11 Mar 2017 | 76

Get a GRIP! Robolution ain't happening until TOUCH is cracked

Forget computer vision and AI – why Ocado's on the money

Science10 Mar 2017 | 32

Stop the press: Journos not happy losing jobs to journo bots, say journos

Boring, bland... yes, this AI will fit right in at today's newsrooms

AI + ML06 Mar 2017 | 42

Dyson backs Britain plc with $2.5bn AI and robotics investment

Look out, Google, your killer pram does not impress us

AI + ML01 Mar 2017 | 76

Infosec white-coats: Robots are riddled with software security bugs

Soulless contraptions in the home or at work are a risk – not to humanity

Security01 Mar 2017 | 9

MEPs in 'urgent' call for new laws on artificial intelligence and robotics

Liability issues with self-driving cars is key concern

Legal16 Feb 2017 | 17

Microsoft offers drone lovers a simulator

Get to keep hardware home, gain machine learning anyway

AI + ML15 Feb 2017 | 12

Watch: MIT's terrifying invisible gel robo-eels snatch live fish

Videos Plus: Boston Dynamics builds 'nightmare-inducing' jumping pram

Science02 Feb 2017 | 22

This goldfish and its steerable robot tank will destroy humanity

RotM Mark our words. First this uni campus, then the world

Science26 Jan 2017 | 40

Yes, just what they need: Curious Dr MISFA injects a healthy dose of curiosity into robots

Algorithm aims to make 'droids more autonomous

AI + ML24 Jan 2017 | 7

AI and robots? Will someone think of the jobs, says HPE CEO Whitman

Yeah, just don't worry about the 100k plus you've tossed on the bonfire Meg

AI + ML17 Jan 2017 | 45

Revealed: How Nvidia's 'backseat driver' AI learned to read lips

Driving assistant gives self-drivers a bit of Lip(Net)

AI + ML17 Jan 2017 | 25