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Pepper the robot gestures like a TED speaker

Technology

Robots are learning hand gestures by watching hours of TED talks

Hand gestures are difficult for robots to reproduce convincingly, so hundreds of hours of TED videos are being used to teach them how to better gesticulate

News

A hamster wheel

Technology

Zapping liquid metal makes it move in a way that can power wheels

News

Nira Chamberlain: The maths that can stop an apocalypse

Video

Nira Chamberlain: The maths that can stop an apocalypse

Video

Beth Singler: What machines can tell us about being human

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Beth Singler: What machines can tell us about being human

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A Pepper model robot gives evidence in parliament

Technology

Presenting robots as people stops us thinking clearly about AI

Comment

Patricia Vargas: Should robots have rights?

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Patricia Vargas: Should robots have rights?

Video

SkinBot on a hand

Technology

This robot crawls over your body and scans your skin with a microscope

News

Several robot built tubes rise from the ground

Technology

A swarm of robots weaves giant cocoons using fibreglass thread

News

A picture of the gut

Technology

A tiny robotic capsule could roam your intestines and suck up mucus

News

DelFly flies in front of a person

Technology

Watch this robotic fruit fly swoop, dive and perform impressive flips

DelFly is a robot that flies through a room with as much agility as a real fly using its flappy wings. It is also helping researchers understand how insects move

News

Chemistry

Why creating a chemical brain will be how we understand consciousness

Features

Space

Japan wants people to virtually embody avatars orbiting in space

News

Technology

Watch this bat-inspired robot use sound to navigate and spot plants

News

Technology

It's too soon to tell if robots help autistic children's social skills

Analysis