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robots

The sci-fi future of surgery

Technology

The sci-fi future of surgery

Advances in robotics are pushing the limits of what surgeons can achieve, whether in the form of worm-inspired capsules to crawl through your gut, or systems swallowed in pieces that assemble themselves inside the body. Explore medical robots in our gallery

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Space robot 2.0: Smarter than the average rover

Space

Space robot 2.0: Smarter than the average rover

Features

Robot to be controlled by human brain cells

Life

Robot to be controlled by human brain cells

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Plasmobot: the slime mould robot

Life

Plasmobot: the slime mould robot

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Why AI is a dangerous dream

Technology

Why AI is a dangerous dream

Opinion

Lobsters teach robots magnetic mapping trick

Life

Lobsters teach robots magnetic mapping trick

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Robot with bones moves like you do

Life

Robot with bones moves like you do

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'Spiderbots' talk amongst themselves inside active volcano

Earth

'Spiderbots' talk amongst themselves inside active volcano

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Robots to get their own operating system

Technology

Robots to get their own operating system

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Smart machines: What's the worst that could happen?

Technology

Smart machines: What's the worst that could happen?

Everything from human-mimicking viruses to machines that self-replicate are being considered by an elite panel of AI scientists as they debate the potential risks of artificial intelligence

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Technology

Pizza chefs help cook up dexterous robots

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Life

Robotic insect 'flight' may be just good vibrations

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Technology

Robo-wheels go where caterpillars fear to tread

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Earth

Robot rescue 'rat' feels its way through rubble

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