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![Valkyrie humanoid robot](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMzk3MA.jpg)
Video Friday: Valkyrie on Rough Terrain, Harvard Arthropods, and Flying Wheeled Robot
16 Jun
![A white accordion-like worm robot lies next to a ruler that show it to be 12 centimeters long. Wires trail out of one end of the robot.](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMjc5Nw.gif)
A Colonoscopy Robot and Other Weird Biomedical Tech From IEEE’s Biggest Robotics Conference
14 Jun
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![Georgia Tech's Shimon musical robot uses AI to compose completely original music](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMjY4Mw.jpg)
Four-Armed Marimba Robot Uses Deep Learning to Compose Its Own Music
14 Jun
![Students in Stanford's Experimental Robotics class gather around professor Oussama Khatib](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMTc5NQ.jpg)
Stanford Robots Load a Hovering Drone, Solve a Marble Maze, and More
14 Jun
![Sony's Toio robot cubes, console, and controller rings.](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMjE0MA.gif)
Sony Adds Toio Cubes to Its Arsenal of Strange Robotic Toys
13 Jun
Videos
![Brown cardboard box with two wheels attached sitting on rocky dirt surface](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/Mjg5NzYxNA.gif)
NASA Tests Origami-Inspired Robot That May One Day Explore Mars
13 May
![Photo: MIT](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/Mjg5Mzc1OQ.gif)
Watch This Robot 3D Print a Building Out of Spray Foam
29 Apr
![Photo: New York University](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/Mjg5MjA3NQ.gif)
Controlling Robot Swarms With Augmented Reality
22 Apr
![Photo: Zhejiang University](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/Mjg4NzM4OQ.gif)
Robot Ray Swims Using High-Voltage Artificial Muscles
16 Apr
![Photo: PrecisionHawk](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/Mjg4NzM1MQ.gif)
In the U.S., Flying Drones Out of Sight Is Still Out of Mind
15 Apr
![Small, versatile, and autonomous, Astrobee will be getting to work on the ISS](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/Mjg2MjMwMw.jpg)
Astrobee: NASA’s Newest Robot for the International Space Station
11 Feb
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Features
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What Intelligent Machines Need to Learn From the Neocortex
2 Jun
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Why Rat-Brained Robots Are So Good at Navigating Unfamiliar Terrain
1 Jun
![All Photo-Illustrations: Gluekit](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkwNjEzOA.jpg)
Human-Level AI Is Right Around the Corner—or Hundreds of Years Away
31 May
![Illustration: Chad Hagen](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkwNDQ3Ng.jpg)
AI Designers Find Inspiration in Rat Brains
30 May
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Can We Quantify Machine Consciousness?
25 May
![Illustration of a robot arm](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/Mjg0MzM5Mg.jpg)
Franka: A Robot Arm That’s Safe, Low Cost, and Can Replicate Itself
29 Dec 2016
More Robotics![An image of the Mona Lisa, with facial features labeled that can be decoded to determine emotion](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMTc2OQ.jpg)
Wouldn’t You Like Alexa Better if It Knew When It Was Annoying You?
13 Jun
![At the intersection of two challenging computational and technological problems, may lie the key better understanding and manipulating quantum randomness](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMTk2NA.jpg)
A Hybrid of Quantum Computing and Machine Learning Is Spawning New Ventures
13 Jun
![Men's eight rowing final at the Rio 2016 Olympics.](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMTkxNw.gif)
Row Bots Test Whether Human Rowers Have Been Doing It Wrong
12 Jun
![Extra Pair of Robot Arms](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMTQyOA.jpg)
Video Friday: Extra Robot Arms, Anti-Drone Drone, and Adorable TurtleBots
9 Jun
![surefly air taxi](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMDcyMg.jpg)
SureFly, a New Air Taxi That Runs on Electricity—and Gasoline
9 Jun
![SoftBank's massive robot collection now includes Pepper, Boston Dynamics' BigDog and Handle, Schaft's S-One, and many more.](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMDkxMw.jpg)
SoftBank Acquires Boston Dynamics and Schaft
9 Jun
![Miniature Robotic Blimp](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMDg0Ng.jpg)
Blimps Seem Like the Friendliest Kind of Indoor Flying Robots
8 Jun
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How Much Can Autonomous Cars Learn from Virtual Worlds?
8 Jun
![Still of cartoon character Homer Simpson selecting a donut](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMDY1NQ.jpg)
DeepMind Shows AI Has Trouble Seeing Homer Simpson’s Actions
8 Jun
![Senate Bill 2658 sheds light on how at least some people wanted to regulate drones](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkxMDI4Nw.jpg)
The Drone Rules That Never Became Law
7 Jun
![Japan's space agency is developing a small robotic explorer that uses a single solid fuel rocket to launch itself into the air and some braking rockets to help it make pinpoint landings](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkwOTIxNg.jpg)
A Rocket-Propelled Miniature Robot for Planetary Exploration
6 Jun
![Robot Adversaries for Learning Tasks](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkwODk4NQ.jpg)
Robot Uses Evil Alter Ego to Learn Reliable Grasping
5 Jun
![Robot Dance Teacher](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkwODg4Mw.gif)
Video Friday: Robot Dance Teacher, Transformer Drone, and Pneumatic Reel Actuator
2 Jun
![This aquatic drone has a clever mechanism that allows it to efficiently take off and land on water](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkwODEzMg.gif)
Aquatic Fixed-Wing Drone Could Lake-Hop Across Canada
1 Jun
![A live dragonfly with a cybernetic backpack and optical implants is now airborne](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkwNjc5OQ.gif)
Draper’s Genetically Modified Cyborg DragonflEye Takes Flight
1 Jun
![Robot arm carefully stacks rocks one on top of another](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkwNjQ4NQ.gif)
Incredibly Soothing Robot Makes Towers of Balanced Stones
31 May
![Roboticists built self-folding 3D models of a rabbit, tuna fish, and starfish to demonstrate a new approach for making compliant, controllable robotic structures](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkwNTc0Ng.jpg)
Soft Robotic Structures Fold Themselves Up in Hot Water
30 May
![TurtleBot 3, an open-source robot that runs ROS](https://i0.wp.com/spectrum.ieee.org/image/MjkwNTQ0NQ.jpg)
All the Latest, Most Exciting Robotics Research From ICRA 2017
29 May