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Breakthrough at Fukushima: Robot retrieves melted nuclear fuel fragment 13 years after tsunami disaster
More than a decade after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, TEPCO has successfully extracted a…
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Scientists have created robo-skin out of living human cells that can make expressions — and the results are creepy
In a fascinating yet eerie demonstration, researchers recreated the subtle changes in human skin wh…
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Scientists made tiny living 'robots' from human cells that may one day help treat diseases
"Anthrobots" could be used to travel around the body to detect and treat illnesses such as cancer, …
Polly Thompson
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Robots and AI are being used to help women get pregnant. Is this the future of IVF?
Conceivable Life Sciences is automating IVF labs to make fertility care less arbitrary. Its robotic…
Blake Dodge
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Chipotle's founder wants to open tiny restaurants staffed by robots and three humans
Chipotle founder Steve Ells is now leading Kernel, a startup that uses robots and a staff of three …
Alex Bitter
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Video captures rare drone-on-drone combat as exploding Ukrainian quadcopters blow up Russian grenade-launching robots
Ukraine's 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade said its forces used FPV drones carrying explosives to d…
Jake Epstein
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Space photos from 5 recent moon-landing missions show how tiny engineering errors can cause big problems, like crashing or landing sideways
Moon landings are so complex that even the tiniest mistakes have caused missions to crash or burn. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An Oregon State University bomb threat involving food delivery robots had some students feeling sympathy — for the machines
Starship Technologies, the company behind the campus food robots, said a student prank was behind t…
Hannah Getahun
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Boston Dynamics' talking robot dogs have different personalities now, from '1920's Archaeologist' to 'Shakespearean Time Traveler'
"Shakespearean Time Traveler" only speaks in rhyming couplets, while another personality, which Bos…
Kylie Kirschner
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This army of tiny robots can build entire planes and space habitats
There are multiple parts to a plane that are manufactured in different locations before an aircra…
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A piece of space debris punched a tiny hole in the International Space Station, damaging a robotic arm
Scientists monitor more than 23,000 pieces of space junk that could threaten satellites and the spa…
Aylin Woodward
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NASA runs a tiny, isolated cabin that simulates a year of life on Mars, and for some reason, they put a book about the psychological horrors of cave exploration in it
A workroom inside the Mars Dune Alpha in Texas has several books on display, including "Blind Desce…
Cheryl Teh
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A striking Amazon warehouse worker says the company treats its robots better than its human staff
"I wish we were treated like robots because the robots are treated better than us," Darren Westwood…
Beatrice Nolan
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Curiosity rover images tiny 'mineral flower' on Mars
NASA's curiosity rover recently snapped a close-up image of a tiny, flower-like mineral deposit on …
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Scientists successfully put tiny GoPro-style wireless cameras on beetles, and it's paving the way for miniature robots
Researcher Vikram Iyer told Business Insider the beetlecam is an important step forward for develop…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Researchers behind the world's first living robot have found a way to make it reproduce — by shaping it like Pac-Man
Xenobots are made from the stem cells of the African clawed frog, which allow them to move around a…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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This 100-square-foot tiny cabin was designed by Cornell professors using reject trees, 3D printers, and a robot arm they found on eBay
The Emerald Ash Borer is an invasive beetle species that threatens ash trees in the US. The beetles…
Mary Meisenzahl
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The Wuhan coronavirus patient in Washington state is being isolated in a tiny room and treated by a robot as doctors try to prevent the outbreak
Airports in the US and other countries are stepping up security and quarantine procedures in a bid …
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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Chick-fil-A is testing out deliveries with a robot that can wink and transport chicken sandwiches
The chicken chain is working with Kiwibot, which makes tiny semi-autonomous delivery robots, to tes…
Mary Meisenzahl
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'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bot': NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is snapping remarkable new selfies
NASA's Perseverance rover is using its robotic arm to take selfies on Mars. It captured its body in…