
The robot jellyfish that Caltech failed to make
China unveils a 56-gram robot jellyfish that's nearly indistinguishable from the real thing. It consumes 28 milliwatts and has a built-in AI camera.

China unveils a 56-gram robot jellyfish that's nearly indistinguishable from the real thing. It consumes 28 milliwatts and has a built-in AI camera.
Robot tests with Claude, GPT-5, and Gemini: the first attempt to give them "thinking souls" failed miserably. One cited HAL 9000 before shutting down. The bicentennial man was more stable.

Artificial muscles thinner than a hair become tissue: Korean wearable robots weigh less than 2 kg and are already in production.
X1 launches Neo: a $20 home robot or $499/month. It's basic autonomous, remote-controlled for complex tasks. Deliveries are expected in 2026.
Young Filipinos are controlling robots in Japanese shops: remote physical labor, under the suspicion of training those who will replace them.
Caltech introduces X1: an autonomous robot that walks, releases a drone from its back, and turns rescue operations into a game of chess between machines.
Actuators that change stiffness on command: soft for movement, hard for lifting 4000 times their weight. Soft robotics surpasses human limits.
Korea: Robot archer reads wind and rain, shooting perfect arrows. The Olympians narrowly win, but technology is gaining momentum.
AheadForm unveils an ultra-realistic robot face. It can predict your smile 839 ms before it happens. The video goes viral.

After 10 years of development, iRonCub has taken flight in Genoa. It is the first humanoid robot with working jet propulsion.
HydroSpread lets you create insect-inspired aquatic robots: flexible films that float, row, and walk
Humanoid robots everywhere by 2030? Hidden supply chain obstacles suggest otherwise. That's why we'll wait a little longer.
A canoe with robotic arms moves autonomously on American lakes: ROS technology and artificial intelligence at the service of navigation
First tests: Remotely controlled cyborg jellyfish survive in the open sea better than multi-million-euro mechanical robots.
A pregnancy robot can raise a fetus for 10 months and deliver a baby: prototype ready in 2026.
A robotic tent factory assembles modular homes where fires destroyed Los Angeles. Time savings of 70%, costs of 30%. The future is here.
Chinese pollinator GEAIR uses AI to replace farmhands: works 24/7 and reduces production costs by 80% in greenhouses
Austin launches the world's first tattoo robot: Blackdot reads skin and creates painless tattoos in 20 minutes—but tattoos are expensive.
CHILD system, or: a robot in a baby carrier controls humanoids remotely. A brilliant idea that works and is inexpensive.
Chinese robot Xueba 01 will pursue a doctorate in theater. The AI will study human emotions and artistic performance for four years.
Columbia scientists create robots with their own metabolism: they physically grow by consuming other robots.