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These Adorable Fish Robots Form Schools Like the Real Thing
Meet Bluebot, a friendly swimming robot with big camera eyes. Put a few in a tank together and they’ll collaborate ... -
The Plan to Build a Global Network of Floating Power Stations
A lot of thermal energy is trapped in the ocean. An ex-NASA researcher has figured out how it might generate ... -
Watch a Robot Dog Learn How to Deftly Fend Off a Human
Kick over this robot and it’ll quickly right itself—not because someone told it how, but because it taught itself to ... -
This Drone Sniffs Out Odors With a Real Moth Antenna
Researchers slap a living antenna on a drone to give the machine an insanely keen sense of smell. Ladies and ... -
The Oldest Crewed Deep Sea Submarine Just Got a Big Makeover
The 60-year-old sub is preparing to take its deepest plunge yet. But in the age of autonomous machines, why are ... -
The Batteries of the Future Are Weightless and Invisible
There’s a renaissance underway in structural battery research, which aims to build energy storage into the very devices and vehicles ... -
Boston Dynamics' Robots Won't Take Our Jobs … Yet
On this week’s Get WIRED podcast, writer Matt Simon talks about Spot the dog and SpaceX with Marc Raibert. http://www.wired.com/ -
Meet Curly, the Curling Robot That Beats the Pros
Curling is one of the world’s most precise sports. An ice-going, stone-throwing robot just mastered it. http://www.wired.com/ -
You Can Now Buy Spot the Robot Dog—If You’ve Got $74,500
Boston Dynamics is finally making its mechanical canine available for businesses and developers. But know that this puppy ain’t for ... -
This Robot Can Guess How You're Feeling by the Way You Walk
Walk like you’re angry, and the emotionally intelligent machine will give you more room, leaving your personal bubble intact. http://www.wired.com/