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Lego robot used to make DNA structures for tiny machines more quickly

A robot made of Lego can speed up and simplify building tiny structures out of DNA that could be used as biological machines

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Watch a transforming robot roll, crawl, stand up and fly

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Plumbing service. steel of a heating system in boiler room

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Tentacle robot can bend through pipes and unscrew bolts

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Ultra-fast boxing robots could be used for real-life fighting game

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Tiny robot could stop bleeding from inside the body using heat

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Live bug robots

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Scientists want to give robots hands made from living woodlice

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 30: A pair of 1X androids are displayed at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) at ExCel on May 30, 2023 in London, England. The event is the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society's flagship conference and a forum for robotics researchers to present and discuss their work. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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Robotics gets less attention than it should given its potential impact

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Robotic dogs can locate fire ant nests.

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Robotic dog spots invasive fire ant nests better than humans

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We test real-world robot avatars used in security and nuclear repair

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Robot injected in the skull spreads its tentacles to monitor the brain

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Robot injected in the skull spreads its tentacles to monitor the brain

A soft robot inserted through a hole in the skull can deploy six sensor-filled legs on the surface of the brain to monitor electrical activity. The design has been tested in miniature pigs and could someday help people who experience epileptic seizures

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Ceiling robots can reconfigure room lights and curtains

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Centipede robots with more legs are better at walking over bumps

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Google robot learns to sort the recyclables left in office waste bins

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Inflatable drone can bounce off walls and perch on nearly anything

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