This guy spent five years building this world record domino robot
Mark Rober, the former NASA engineer who builds all those package thief glitter bombs, spent 5 years building this robot that sets up dominoes. Not only does...
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Creepy Japanese basketball robot sinks free throws during halftime at Olympics
During halftime of the USA-France men's basketball game at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Toyota Engineering Society's CUE 3 humanoid robot rolled out to midcourt and proceeded to...
Cybathlon pits technically assisted pilots against each other
The Cybathlon is a multi-sport international competition in which people with physical disabilities compete against each other to complete everyday tasks using state-of-the-art technical assistance. It's basically...
It takes an awful lot of robots to operate this grocery store
Tom Scott shows behind the scenes of a grocery warehouse and how many robots it takes to operate it. In Ocado's grocery warehouses, thousands of mechanical boxes...
That flying car made its first inter-city flight
On Monday, the Klein Vision AirCar completed its first ever inter-city flight. AirCar, a dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle moved closer to production this week, fulfilling a key development...
A group of Boston Dynamics Spot robots dancing to BTS's 'IONIQ'
To celebrate the purchase of Boston Dynamics by Hyundai, Boston Dynamics released this video of Spot robots dancing to BTS's IONIQ: I'm On It, which I guess...
Simulating burn-up on reentry using a plasma wind tunnel
This is a video simulating the burn-up of a Solar Array Drive Mechanism during atmospheric reentry using a plasma wind tunnel. This Solar Array Drive Mechanism (SADM)...
This guy made an automatic charger for his Tesla
Using a Raspberry Pi 4 and some machine learning, Pat Larson created this automatic charger for his Tesla. In 2015 Tesla released a video of a snake...
Using neural networks to lip sync movie dubbing
You know how old Kung Fu movies have horrible dubbing where the words don't match up with the mouth at all? Well Flawless AI is a company...
Google's Project Starline is like a magic window for video chatting
Google recently announced Project Starline, a video chat booth that uses computer vision, machine learning, spatial audio, real-time compression, and a specialized light field display system to...
Royal Marines board a ship using a jet pack
The Royal Marines recently ran an exercise testing the $440,000 Gravity Jet Suit to aid in boarding operations and it looks like something out of a James...
A guy was spotted on a hoverboard in Los Angeles
A guy was spotted riding a hoverboard down a Los Angeles street. The hoverboard is made by Omni Hoverboards and it's basically a giant quadcopter drone you...
Adidas is creating robot-woven sneakers with 3D-printed soles
Adidas has developed a technique of merging robot-woven sneakers with 3D-printed soles to create automated custom footwear in a project they're calling STRUNG. This is why we...
Researchers convert a 3D printer into a sandwich making machine
Mechanical engineer Yuto Kuroki of Meiji University and colleagues hacked a 3D printer head to use as a 3-axis robotic manipulator to enable more advanced fabrication techniques...
Teaching a Boston Dynamics Spot robot to pee beer
Michael Reeves took one of the most advanced robots ever designed and taught it to pee beer. Or, more specifically, he programmed it to locate cups and...
Monkey plays 'MindPong' with his Neuralink.
Elon Musk's Neuralink startup has released this video of a nine year old macaque playing "MindPong" with his Neuralink. Today we are pleased to reveal the Link's...
This autonomous tracking drone is frighteningly capable
This is a video putting Skydio's Skydio 2 autonomous tracking drone to the test and it works frighteningly well. First they track a person running through the...
Boston Dynamics has a new robot named Stretch
Boston Dynamics has introduced a new robot named Stretch designed for automating box moving tasks in warehouses and distribution centers. Stretch's mobile base allows it to go...