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Autonomous Firefighting Robot Can Drive Straight Into A 1,000 Degree Blaze

Mar 17, 2026 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Robots

Firefighters in South Korea will soon start deploying alongside a massive, six-wheeled, self-cooling autonomous robot that could help keep them safe. Hyundai recently revealed the new, driverless ground drone, built atop a chassis initially intended for military use...

Long Road To AVs Paves The Way For Autonomous Robots

Mar 12, 2026 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Robots

Despite many public predictions that autonomous vehicles (AVs) would be the dominant vehicle platform by 2020, the road to autonomy has been a difficult one, paved with market, technical, legal, and regulatory challenges. However, with more than a decade of investment...

Humans ‘Catch’ Fear From Robots That Breathe Like They’re Scared

Mar 12, 2026 | Robots

We’ve all instinctively clung to another person when frightened, if only as a child clutching our mother’s hand. But if that person is scared, too, this behavior may not have the desired calming effect. And a new study, published in the journal Emotion,...

These Self-Configuring Modular Robots May One Day Rule The World

Mar 12, 2026 | Robots

We were fascinated to read a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on what the authors are calling “reconfigurable modular robots.” As the name suggests, these robots are composed of multiple parts that can be configured in...

Tech Companies Are Making Their Robots Cute To Try To Win Over Humans

Feb 26, 2026 | Robots

When the streets of Los Angeles flooded with rain last week, some of the city’s residents found themselves feeling sorry for a peculiar object: a food delivery robot floundering in water and debris. “She’s doing her best, you guys,” one social media user says in a...

China’s Humanoid Robots Take Centre Stage For Lunar New Year Showtime

Feb 19, 2026 | China, Robots

China’s most-watched TV show, the annual CCTV Spring Festival gala, on Monday showcased the country’s cutting-edge industrial policy and Beijing’s push to dominate humanoid robots and the future of manufacturing. Four rising humanoid robot startups...