Science News
Elektro?
Seventy years ago, this seven-foot-tall, smoking robot was the future incarnate. 01.06.2009
#81: Smart-Matter Robots Reassemble Themselves
Like the Terminator T-1000, these robots can fix themselves after being scattered. 12.08.2008
3 Robots That Move Just Like Animals
A wall-crawling gecko, a paperclip-size fly, and an 8-tentacled jellyfish. 07.04.2008
Does Your House Have Robotic Vision (Yet)?
Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary ideas go on public display. 07.01.2008
The Robot Designed to Master Mars
Sandbot can scoot along any surface—including other planets. 06.04.2008
3 Ideas That Are Pushing the Edge of Science
Medical bots powered by sperm, clean fusion power, and two-dimensional time. 05.29.2008
When Robots Live Among Us
Get ready for machines that care for our elderly, clean our houses, and even have sex with us. 05.27.2008
The Sim That Saves People from Each Other
Preventing disaster in an unruly world. 03.03.2008
Tiny Robot Walks Using Rat Heart Muscle
Similar bots may one day clear clots in blood vessels. 01.22.2008
80. Robots Evolve And Learn How to Lie
01.14.2008
67. Mars Rover Delves Into Crater
01.11.2008
63. The First Robot That Walks Like a Human: Lazily
RunBot falls forward and reacts rather than computing every variable. 01.11.2008
48. Robotic Ankle Takes First Step
01.04.2008
4 Robots That Are Saving the World
Smart machines help fix humanity's ecological screwups. 09.07.2007
Human Think, Robot Do
Controlling a robot with an electrode-studded swim cap 05.04.2007
I Chat, Therefore I Am...
Conversation between two robots drifts into flirtation and philosophy. 05.03.2007
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Robots
Modern robots can respond to emotion and the smell of fine wines. 04.02.2007
High Powered Prosthetics
Bionic muscle is 100 times stronger than yours. 05.04.2006
Big Hopes for Small Machine
02.20.2006
Unstoppable Robot Hits Road
02.20.2006
The Year in Science: Technology
Carbon nanotubes, lab-grown meat, humanoid robots, and more. 01.08.2006
Man's Best Friend
Robots can now assist in surgery, navigate Mars, and even vacuum your living room. 12.01.2005
Oceanography
Scientists wire the oceans with data cables, permanent observatories, and robots that can roam for years 10.24.2005
Space Travel
Nature's tricks could teach us a lot about other planets. 10.24.2005
Laser-Guided Drones
Laser-Guided Drones 09.09.2005
Emerging Technology
The future belongs to shape-shifting machines that don't look like humans 04.28.2005
The Whole-House Machine
This is why people think robotics are the future 04.28.2005
The Super Bowl of Smart
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be slackers when the difference between success and failure is as simple as building a robot 02.06.2005
They Rode In With Combat Bots
11.25.2004
Modern Electronics Turns 100
11.16.2004
The Biomechanics of . . . Cockroaches
Inspired by roaches, a biologist creates robots that wobble but don't fall down 07.25.2004
Finally, a Good Use for the Segway
05.29.2004
Emerging Technology
Tap into a mechanical dog's brain and give it whatever personality you like 02.05.2004
This Robot Leaves a Trail of Slime
12.03.2003
AIBO as Research Tool
Sony's AIBO robotic dog is a peek at a bizarre future when you won't know if a dog—or the pretty girl walking it—is flesh and blood or plastic and memory chips 03.01.2003
Technology
01.01.2003
Future Tech
A sociable robot doesn't have to be smart—it just has to fool us into believing it is 08.01.2002
Future Tech
A powered exoskeleton could transform the average joe into a supersoldier 02.01.2002
Medicine
Year In Science 01.13.2002
A Robot Down on the Farm
10.01.2001
Meet Wisor, the Mechanical Mole-Man
09.01.2001
They Invented it
08.01.2001
Grandmother's Little Helper
07.01.2001
ROWER, ROWER, ROWER Your Boat
05.01.2001
Future Tech
Will artificial limbs get better than the real thing? 04.01.2001
A Giant Among Robots
Virtual life-forms get more impressive all the time 03.01.2001
When Palmtop E-mailing Just Isn't Enough
03.01.2001
Smart Food for Robots
02.01.2001
These Robots Have Gone Way Beyond Pong
01.01.2001
Wish These Were On Your Explorer?
01.01.2001
Future Tech
Do children know a better computer when they see it? 12.01.2000
Robot Watch: Going for the Martian Long Jump
12.01.2000
Robot Watch: A Swipe at Sony's Dog
11.01.2000
Robot Watch: Going Robo-Postal
10.01.2000
Biobots
Can man mimic organic life-forms with machinery? Take a look . . . 09.01.2000
Robot Watch: Atomic Bonds
09.01.2000
Robot Watch: The Sugar Cube Army
08.01.2000
Modern Swinger
07.01.2000
Robot Watch: The Buckshot Brigade
06.01.2000
Robot Watch
04.30.2000
Robot Watch
04.01.2000
The Physics of ... Bowling
It takes a good machine to really get a handle on axis, rotation, friction, inertia, speed, and spin 03.01.2000
Robot Watch
03.01.2000
The Future of Humanoid Robots
Owning your own mechanical servant may happen a lot sooner than you think, say our expert panelists. The big question is: Just how human should they be? 02.29.2000
Robot Watch-Claw
11.01.1999
Robots Follow Their Noses
10.01.1999
The Robot That Loves People
Machines that walk, talk, move, and show humanlike emotions are no longer science fiction 10.01.1999
The Robot That Loves People
Machines that walk, talk, move, and show humanlike emotions are no longer science fiction. 10.01.1999
Nasa's Space Mutant
09.01.1999
Mechanical Movers
09.01.1999
Robodoc
08.01.1999
What's New, Robocat?
07.01.1999
Lilliput in Space
NASA learns to think big by building small 03.01.1999
Robo-Lindy
12.01.1998
Babybot
12.01.1998
Silicon Stalkings
11.01.1998
Bendbots
08.01.1998
Technology Watch: Rocket Science
How do you launch something into orbit without using any fuel? A prototype spacecraft relies on a ground-based laser to push it aloft. 04.01.1998
The Incredible Shrinking Finger Factory
For years engineers have touted the future wonders of microscopic machines. But they have ignored a real-world-size problem: If machine parts dwindle to tiny specks, how will human or even robotic hands ever assemble them? One man's ingenious solution: 03.01.1998
The Year in Science: Technology 1997
Microrotor 01.01.1998
The Batbot
11.01.1997
Robot Nomad of the Desert
10.01.1997
Beyond the Soapsuds Universe
The universe is full of patterns, but how did it get that way? 08.01.1997
Crawling Across the Sky
05.01.1997
Like a Giant (Friendly) Spider on Your Back
01.01.1997
The Cutebot
12.01.1996
Perpetual Flight
11.01.1996
1996 Discover Awards: Hardware
07.01.1996
One Small Step for Schmedly. . .
04.01.1996
A Thousand Diving Robots
The new plan for exploring the ocean: let a thousand robots roam. 04.01.1996
Robot, Build Thyself
And when you finish that, build some more of you. Go ahead, fill a whole desert valley. And then produce unlimited energy while eliminating the greenhouse effect. Okay? Thanks. 10.01.1995
The Sharebots
09.01.1995
Surgery in Cyberspace
Coming soon to an operating room near you: a remote-controlled robot operates on a flesh-and-blood patient while--miles away--the human surgeon deftly cuts with virtual scalpels. 12.01.1994
There's a Car in My Intestine!
10.01.1994
Virtual Jack
He looks like a human, he's shaped like a human, he moves, works, and reacts like a human. He's the avant-garde of simulated us, and the future of virtual reality. 06.01.1994
The Robot Farm
03.01.1993
Robocar
Lean, mean, self-driving machines go cruising the streets of America. 07.01.1992
High Hopes
05.01.1992
