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2024 review: The best new robots of the year

2024 review: The best new robots of the year

28 December 2024

×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ's round-up of some of the best new robots of 2024


NimbRo avatar robot plays chess

We test real-world robot avatars used in security and nuclear repair

8 June 2023

Rise of the robotic avatar: Meet the chess-playing robot, security androids and fusion reactor robotics at the cutting edge of avatar technology


Alex Wilkins tests out EVE, a humanoid robot at ICRA

My out-of-body experience controlling a robotic avatar

6 June 2023

×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ's Alex Wilkins finds out what it's like to become a robotic security guard. Could human android operators become standard in the near future?


A small device shaped like Pac-Man can move on the surface of water and around obstacles without a motor. It could lead to the development of small robots for environmental monitoring of lakes and rivers.

Motorless 'Pac Man' bot surfs across water, avoiding objects

1 December 2022

A small device shaped like Pac-Man can move on the surface of water and around obstacles without a motor


RobotFalcon chases birds

Flying robotic falcon scares away flocks of birds

27 October 2022

A flying robot that resembles a peregrine falcon can be used to scare away flocks of birds in fields, performing better at this task than a standard drone.


Bioinspired robots interact with performers in new dance project

Bioinspired robots interact with performers in new dance project

7 October 2022

A collaboration between Neon Dance and Bristol Robotics Laboratory is due to open at The Place in London on 14 October


Cassie the robot running on a track

Watch a two-legged sprinting robot set a world record over 100 metres

5 October 2022

A robot has established a Guinness World Record for the fastest 100 metres by a bipedal robot


soft robot

Pasta-shaped robot navigates mazes and rough terrain

24 May 2022

Pasta-shaped robot can roll over a range of surfaces and escape simple mazes by harvesting heat energy and turning it into motion


British Library robots look after old newspapers with new tech

British Library robots look after old newspapers with new tech

28 April 2022

The British Library's National Newspaper Building in Boston Spa holds millions of pages from newspapers spanning centuries


Robot that jumps 100 times own height could be future moon explorer

Robot that jumps 100 times own height could be future moon explorer

27 April 2022

A leaping robot that could cover half a kilometre per jump on the moon may be the ideal lunar exploration vehicle


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