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humanoid robot face

Humans

Exploring the uncanny valley: Why almost-human is creepy

From sinister clowns to humanoid robots, we're freaked out by faces that are like ours, just not enough. Now we're finding out why

robot with Lego

Mind

Robot learns to play with Lego by watching human teachers

host robot

Health

Paralysed people inhabit distant robot bodies with thought alone

Robots crawl all over shirt

Technology

Roaming fashion robots keep busy doing odd jobs on your clothes

A robot hand is in the foreground and Nathan Copeland can be seen in the background

Mind

Quadriplegic man feels touch on robotic hand with brain implant

Technology

Quantum film sensor stops delivery drones crashing into things

A scene from the TV show Westworld with an android being manufactured

Mind

Why shows like Westworld only show dark side of our robot future

Minitaur robot

Technology

Mini dog robot can bounce, open doors and even climb fences

Technology

The Wikipedia bots that are engaged in spats that never end

Technology

When art and technology pull each other to bits

The marriage between art and technology came apart at this year's Ars Electronica festival in Linz, Austria

Environment

Get inside the collective mind of a genius superorganism

Technology

Mercedes van will be a mothership for fleets of delivery robots

Humans

The threat of robot guards is not enough to stop people stealing

Health

Nanobots could swarm like bats to hunt out brain tumours