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The smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot has been built by Northwestern University engineers, and it comes in the guise of a tiny, charming peekytoe crab. These tiny crabs, which are only a half-millimetre long, can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn, and even jump. The researchers also created millimetre-sized robots that resemble inchworms, crickets, and beetles. Though the research is still in its early stages, the researchers hope their technology will help them get closer to developing micro-sized robots that…

Is your tiny robot really all that small if it's bigger than the width of a coin? A team of scientists has built what is now the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot, coming in at a mere half a millimeter (less than a fiftieth of an inch) wide.  Exceedingly tiny robots have a whole host of potential uses, from helping out with surgical procedures to repairing machinery in spaces where a wrench can't fit. The smaller they get, the more scenarios they could be used in.This bot, while not ready to start going out…

Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois have demonstrated the world's smallest remote-controlled walking robot, at just half a millimeter wide. Such tiny machines can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn and jump without hydraulics or electricity.The robots are built using shape-memory alloy materials, which are then deformed into the desired shape. Heating these alloys up causes them to spring back to their original shape, and a thin coating of glass is able to elastically snap them back into their deformed shapes…

MIT researchers developed a trajectory-planning system for autonomous vehicles that enables them to travel from a starting point to a target location even when there are many different uncertainties in the environment. Credit: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT based on figure courtesy of the researchersA new technique has been developed to safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of obstacles it might encounter.An autonomous spacecraft exploring the far…

Roborock makes some of the best robot vacuums on the market right now, and they are priced pretty competitively. But it is always good to take advantage of deals on these Roborock robot vacuums. And luckily, Roborock always has some sort of sale going on. So you’ll always be able to save on a new robot vacuum.Roborock’s robot vacuums are basically divided into two lines. The E series is the more inexpensive lineup, which still offers some great performance and suction. While the S series is typically the top-of-the-line…

Roborock has silently become one of the best robot vacuum makers in the world. Starting off as a company that made robot vacuums for Xiaomi and then branching out into making its own under its own name. These days, most reviewers (including ourselves) would recommend a Roborock robot vacuum over almost any other robot vacuum on the market.As Roborock’s portfolio has grown, it has become a bit tougher to figure out which robot vacuum is the best for you. And should you spend $700 on the top-of-the-line Roborock vacuum, or…

We've already seen a number of attempts to realize a sci-fi vision of the future and put robot helpers in the home to make our lives easier. Belgium-based startup Eeve is also developing a personal robot pal, but Willow X's job is to help you keep your garden tidy.Eeve's personal robot dream began with the autonomous Toadi lawnmower, which morphed into the Willow battery-electric roving gardener and there are now more than 1,700 examples in the wild throughout Europe.Unlike many of the robot mowers on the market today,…

Robot vacuums are packed with sensors to help them avoid objects, and many advanced models can also judge if there is clearance to make it under furniture. But these features don’t always work as planned, and homes can have many different kinds of furniture with varying heights. So, sometimes robovacs get stuck. If this issue starts happening regularly in your home, it’s time to take action and make your robot vac useful again. These steps should help you identify and clear up the problem. How to keep a robot…

If you like the idea of a robot that can clean and mop your floors but dislike having to clean up before it runs and really dislike those $800 price tags, budget vac maker Yeedi has a bot for you. The new $449.99 Yeedi Vac 2 Pro can vacuum and mop simultaneously using an oscillating mopping system that actually scrubs. It also intelligently avoids mopping your carpets and has 3D obstacle avoidance, so it can get through the job without being derailed by a pair of shoes. Available starting today, the Yeedi Vac 2 Pro…

We see a lot of wacky concept vehicles, but few as nutty as Hyundai's Ultimate Utility Vehicles with their robotic stilt legs. And the company is dead serious about building them, too, with a new development and test facility to be built in Montana.The New Horizons Studio will get around US$20 million over the next five years, and will employ about 50 people. Located in Montana State University's Innovation Campus in Bozeman, Montana, it'll be "a unit focused on the development of Ultimate Mobility Vehicles" – starting…