The world’s first ever robot marathon kicked off  in the Japanese city of Osaka on Thursday, organized by local authorities and a local robotics firm. The toy-sized two-legged robots have to complete 42.195 kilometres or 26 miles in a period of 4 days. All robot participants will have to circle a 100-meter indoor track about 422 times in order to complete the race. Robot Operators are allowed... 

A new robot has been made of ultralight carbon-fiber that can stand or slowly walk on water. The principle it uses is borrowed from insects, which is: surface tension tends to prevent the water’s surface from breaking, and the robot’s legs from sinking in. Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineer Metin Sitti (inspired by nature) wanted to create a robot that can walk walk on the surface... 

Japanese have been creating realistic robots for years, and now one robot was deemed emotive enough to have a stint on stage. Hiroshi Ishiguro’s Gemenoid-F is co-starring in a Japanese play where she plays the role of a caretaker assigned to a dying girl. Most of the action is done behind the scenes, with nothing pre-programmed. The robot has no ego like humans and does what is told. Here’s... 

Since the beginning of civilization, man has had a fascination for a human-like creation that would assist him. For that, he created robots. Robots are cool, but you don’t see that many in your day-to-day life. That’s where the internet comes in, which gives us opportunity to watch robo-themed footage for your on-demand entertainment. Majority of you guys believe that robots are pretty much... 

We are as hopeful about the future as anyone. We fear robots for sure, but we’re bound to have at least a few years of peaceful co-existence before they grow weary of our human insolence and irrational buffoonery. Claude Sammut, a Professor of computer science at New South Wales University in Australia, believes that robots will surpass the abilities of professional human footballers by the... 

Robotics has made tremendous strides in replicating the senses of sight and sound, but smell and taste are still lagging behind, and touch was thought to be ‘The Impossible’…until new pressure-sensitive electronic skin came along. The electronic skin is made out of germanium and silicon wrapped around a sticky polyimide film. The prototype measures about 7.6 square inches and can... 

This crazy looking little fellow is Toshiba’s ApriPoco Robot which is designed as a home assistance robot, ApriPoco can learn to control electrical appliances using both IR and verbal commands. He’s got some fine company in Japan, too, where household robots are starting to take off. There robots can help you wash the dishes, move furniture, and even robotic wheelchairs to help you... 

Sometimes even the best can fail and at the most inappropriate of times, leaving you stunned and confounded; Zidane’s legendary headbutt in the 2006 world cup surprised even the casual fan. Technology isn’t invincible either; it can leave Bill Gates speechless in face of a blue screen of death in Windows 98 in front of hundreds. Here we are with Top 10 worst technological failures that left lawsuits... 

Robonaut 2, which will be the world’s first robotic astronaut to work alongside its human counterparts up in orbit, is getting ready for its historic journey over at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Just how does a 330-pound robot prepare, you wonder? Right now, by lying back and taking it easy. The technicians pictured above are transferring Robonaut 2 — or R2, as it’s... 

The first prototype robots capable of developing emotions as they interact with their human caregivers and expressing a whole range of emotions have been finalised by researchers. Led by Dr. Lola Cañamero at the University of Hertfordshire, and in collaboration with a consortium of universities and robotic companies across Europe, these robots differ from others in the way that they form attachments,...