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Kawasaki CORLEO – Rideable Hydrogen Robot Wolf Kawasaki has just unveiled a bold new prototype—a hydrogen-powered, four-legged robot named CORLEO. Inspired by wolves and agile animals like deer and panthers, CORLEO is designed to be ridden by humans across rough, uneven terrain. Unveiled ahead of the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, this futuristic robot responds to the…

SPROUT Robot – MIT’s Soft Robot for Search and Rescue Meet SPROUT – the Soft Pathfinding Robotic Observation Unit from MIT and the University of Notre Dame. It’s a vine-like robot designed to squeeze through tight spaces in disaster zones to help emergency responders. When buildings collapse, responders often face dangerous and exhausting conditions searching…

Unitree G1 Robot – Nails Side Flip After AI Upgrade “Watch closely—because this humanoid robot just pulled off a side flip.” “This is Unitree’s G1, and thanks to a recent AI upgrade, it’s now performing advanced acrobatics with ease. In the video, the robot crouches, launches into the air, rotates sideways—and sticks the landing like…

CNH Acquires Advanced Farm – Boosting Robotic Apple Picking CNH Industrial has just picked up something sweet—literally and figuratively. They’ve acquired the assets and intellectual property of Advanced Farm, a startup known for developing robotic apple pickers. During the 2024 harvest, these robots were put to the test in Washington state orchards, and the results?…

No Electronics, No Problem – This $20 3D-Printed Robot Walks With Air Scientists at UC San Diego have just 3D-printed something pretty incredible—a six-legged walking robot that doesn’t need electronics, wires, or even a complex assembly process. This robot is powered entirely by air. That’s right—just soft, flexible materials, a single 3D-printing process, and a…

UC Berkeley – Unveils Smallest Flying Robot   UC Berkeley has just unveiled the world’s smallest wireless flying robot—lighter than a paperclip and about the size of a bee. And fittingly, it’s inspired by one. This tiny marvel uses two magnets that spin in response to an external magnetic field—acting like a miniature propeller system.…

Real-Life Liquid Robot Unveiled – Shape-Shifting Tech Inspired by Terminator Liquid robots used to be the stuff of science fiction—think the T-1000 from Terminator 2. But now, researchers in South Korea have taken a big step toward making that fiction a reality. At Seoul National University, scientists have developed a robot that behaves like an…

WHERE-Bot – Wheel-less Soft Robot from Tsinghua University You know you’re a roboticist when playing with a Slinky leads to a scientific breakthrough. Meet WHERE-Bot, a new soft robot from Tsinghua University that moves without wheels, legs, or even sensors. Instead, it turns itself inside out — literally — using a clever trick called everting.…

Beihang University’s Tiny Robot – Dives Into the Mariana Trench Most people go diving in tropical waters… this robot chose the Mariana Trench. Talk about an overachiever. Scientists at Beihang University in China have developed a tiny, shape-shifting robot designed for deep sea exploration. This little machine recently took an untethered dive 10,600 metres down…

Schindler RISE Robot – Debuts in UK at 105 Victoria Street You know you’re in London when even the robots wear hard hats… or at least they should. At 105 Victoria Street, something pretty futuristic is happening. This new all-electric, net zero carbon office building—developed by BGO and built by Skanska—is now home to the…