In 1921, Czech playwright Karel Čapek and his brother Josef invented the word “robot” in a sci-fi play called R.U.R. (short for Rossum’s Universal Robots). As Even Ackerman in IEEE Spectrum points out ...

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A robot vacuum with an arm that picks up socks costs thousands now, but Roborock is working on a mass-market version that will cost "just hundreds," its president promises. The caveat? That the hefty ...

Mechanical engineers at Duke University have developed solid building blocks whose mechanical properties can be programmed and reprogrammed on demand. By controlling whether tiny internal cells are ...

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Sometimes, it’s the little things in life. Little things such as not having to pick up dirty socks strewn about the house after a long day. With the unveiling of Roborock’s Saros Z70, robovac with ...

They doggone did it. Honor has gone ahead with producing the Robot Phone (in China anyway), a smartphone centered around a motorized, pop-up camera gimbal. Starting at ¥9,999 (approximately $1,480), ...

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