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Robot peeling a banana

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Finally, a robot that can peel a banana without smushing it to bits

A robot trained by machine learning that imitates a human demonstrator can successfully peel a banana without smashing it to smithereens

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Watch a robot peel a banana without crushing it into oblivion

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Watch a robot peel a banana without crushing it into oblivion

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Watch powerful insect-inspired flying robot

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Watch powerful insect-inspired flying robot

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Dr. Hamed Saeidi observes the smart tissue autonomous robot performing laparoscopic anastomosis.

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Robot performs keyhole surgery on pigs with little help from doctors

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Algae robot

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Robot piloted by a ball of algae is powered by photosynthesis

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Rollin' Justin

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Meet Rollin' Justin, the future of humanoid exploration on Mars

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Blood clot, 3d illustration. Inset: Miniature helical robot

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Corkscrew-shaped robot swims through blood vessels to clear blockages

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Robotic hand grasping objects

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Watch a highly dexterous robotic hand use scissors and tweezers

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robot arm playing table tennis

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Watch a robot playing table tennis after just 90 minutes of training

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Robot hand

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Meta's touch-sensitive robotic skin could form part of the metaverse

Researchers at the company formerly known as Facebook have developed a touch-sensitive robotic skin that could introduce a greater sense of reality to the metaverse, its planned online virtual environment

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4D-printed robot self-assembles into a tube and rolls up hills

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A US military robot ship has fired a large missile for the first time

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Watch a one-legged robot hop about as researchers try to knock it over

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Tesla is building an AI humanoid robot called Optimus, says Elon Musk

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