A robotic dog equipped with a flamethrower is legally available for $9,000, intended for wildfire control, ecological management, and entertainment.

Chinese company Unitree is unleashing robotic dogs to fight fires in all kinds of real-world disaster scenarios.

If you call the Rev. Justin Lester in the middle of the night, there’s a good chance you’ll hear his voice on the other end. Well, it’s sort of his. The voice is coming from an AI responder trained on ...

In a brief promotional video released earlier this month, a tall humanoid figure performs a slow pirouette, then drops into a ...

In our last issue, I said I’d share a video with you. A friend sent it to me last week, and it honestly made me laugh out loud. But it needs a little setup. He’d ordered food, but got a message saying ...

Understanding how humans and AI or robotic agents can work together effectively requires a shared foundation for experimentation. A University of Michigan-led team developed a new taxonomy to serve as ...

Its newly launched spider robot can carry out ultrasonic inspections of welds 30 centimetres thick three times faster than previous methods, Russia’s Rosatom has said. (Image: Rosatom) The robotic ...

Chinese robotics startup Noetix Robotics has announced Bumi, the world’s first high-performance humanoid robot priced under ¥10,000 ($1,370). The 94 cm humanoid robot weighing 12 kg can walk on two ...

A squishy robotic "eye" can focus automatically in response to light, without any external power. The ultrapowerful robotic lens is sensitive enough to distinguish hairs on an ant's leg or the lobes ...

This metal dog is sure to fetch some attention. A robotic fire dog developed on Long Island will be able to terminate flames with a water cannon and withstand temperatures reaching 572 degrees – but ...

Syracuse, N.Y. - An unconventional sidekick has been spotted working for the Syracuse Police Department. It’s a 72-pound, 2-foot-tall robotic dog named Spot. The robot, purchased with a $300,000 state ...