What is a robot? - New Scientist
The word “robot” was coined by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a 1920 play called Rossum’s Universal Robots, and is derived from the Czech robota, meaning “drudgery” or “servitude”.
What exactly is artificial intelligence (AI)? | New Scientist
Artificial intelligence is a potentially world-changing technology. It could help cure cancers , control autonomous cars , and augment human intelligence . Or it could lead to a robot apocalypse ...
Humanoid robots will march into factories and homes in 2025
Dec 23, 2024 · Humanoid robots are poised to enter warehouses, automotive factories and even some homes in growing numbers in 2025 – but whether they can really take hold remains to be seen. The …
Humanoid robot learns to waltz by mirroring people's movements
Jan 16, 2025 · Technology Humanoid robot learns to waltz by mirroring people's movements An AI trained on motion capture recordings can help robots smoothly imitate human actions, such as …
Liquid robot can split into tiny droplets and reform into a blob
Sep 16, 2022 · A robot made from magnetic fluid can be made smaller, thinner, or directed to break up with special magnets, which could be useful for delivering drugs into the body
Tiny jellyfish robots made of ferrofluid can be controlled with light
Jul 17, 2024 · Researchers combined hydrogel with magnetic ferrofluid to make small jellyfish robots that can complete an obstacle course when directed with light
Introduction: Robots - New Scientist
Sep 4, 2006 · Despite the longevity of the robot concept, robotic butlers that roam our homes and relieve us from housework still seemed far from reality until very recently. Instead, the vast majority of ...
The word ‘bot’ is increasingly being used as an insult on social media
Jun 10, 2024 · Calling someone a bot on social media once meant you suspected they were actually a piece of software, but now the use of the word is shifting to become an insult to someone you know …
Living robots made from frog skin cells can sense their environment
Mar 31, 2021 · A xenobot, made from from frog skin cells A microscopic, living robot that can heal and power itself has been created out of frog skin cells. Xenobots, named after the frog species Xenopus …
Metal robot can melt its way out of tight spaces to escape
Jan 25, 2023 · Technology Metal robot can melt its way out of tight spaces to escape A millimetre-sized robot made from a mix of liquid metal and microscopic magnetic pieces can stretch, move or melt.