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Lucas Joppa, founder of Microsoft's AI for Earth program, is taking an engineering approach to environmental issues

Mid-air docking of flying batteries can massively extend the flight time of a drone

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Skydio crams all its autonomous magic into a sleek consumer drone that costs under $1k

John Deere, the nearly 200-year-old tractor manufacturer, now considers itself a software company

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In their search for killer apps, robotics companies should look at the amazing evolution of computers

A Facebook executive challenges the Arm processor community to create tech building blocks for augmented reality glasses

For the first time, NASA's Astrobee robot has demonstrated autonomous free flight in space

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The improvements include nimbler feet, better perception, and fully custom electronics

The topography and bathymetry payload for UAV

Experts representing a diversity of views on autonomous weapons systems collaborate on a realistic policy roadmap

A military exercise in Australia demonstrates how small drones can airdrop critical medical supplies to soldiers in combat

Can an online game that combines human brainpower with AI solve intractable problems?

Pepe helps keep Indian children healthy by reminding them to wash up

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Blue Frog Robotics CEO Rodolphe Hasselvander on the future of Buddy

A new two-way teleoperation system sends your motions to the robot and the robot's motions to you

New York City study shows that drones could deliver life-saving medical supplies several minutes before an ambulance arrives

As always, our coverage will feature the coolest, weirdest, and most interesting things that we find at this massive robotics conference

Microsoft's AI could enable its popular chatbot to comment on news, but critics see a tool for spreading disinformation

The unique body and locomotion strategies of echinoderms inspired this robot that emulates a juvenile sea urchin

Creepy robots and the strange phenomenon of the uncanny valley: definition, history, examples, and how to avoid it

Janelle Shane talks about the absurdity, perils, and limits of AI

This robot dog can scale ladders that a real dog would struggle with

In 1966, the Eliza program couldn’t say much—but it was enough

Bosch SoundSee combines deep learning with mobile microphone arrays to identify problems on the ISS before they happen

Experts discuss technological inequality and the “reskilling” problem at an MIT conference

The SnotBot project uses drones, data, and deep learning to tell us about the health of whales and the oceans

A new contest aims to help first responders leverage computer vision algorithms and drone imagery during a search

An exclusive look at the world’s most dynamic robots

Flying this $999 obstacle-dodging drone is a magical experience

MIT conference considers companies that have implemented job-friendly AI

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More than 3.9 million people have been sickened and more than 270,000 killed by the coronavirus around the world. This map is updated daily.

She’s also learning to iron.

A YouTube search unearths deleted scenes shot with a different cast.

DJ D-Nice, Miley Cyrus, Ben Gibbard, and a lot of Diplo.

Not every actor is Linney-caliber.

The Platform, What Lies Beneath, The Witch, and more.

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“I didn’t ‘sell out’ by making my dreams come true.”

Hindsight is 20/20, even if you’re smizing.

An overlooked member of The Eddy band steps into the spotlight for a bittersweet—mostly bitter—story about his troubled past and uncertain future.

Billionaire Alex Waislitz stands to make millions after two financial services companies agreed to merge.

These are the Star Wars hydrating face masks from Japanese beauty product manufacturer Isshin Do. They come in Darth Vader, Stormtrooper, Darth Maul, C-3PO and Chewbacca varieties, and each contains water, glycerin, hyaluronic acid, collagen, and vitamin C to make your face feel softer than a baby Yoda's butt. For those living in Japan, you can pick up the masks for around $4 apiece from a variety of beauty retailers. For those of us not living in Japan, you can buy a 3-pack of any character for $31 from the Japan Trend Shop which, I wouldn't even kid myself, my face is not worth. I don't even buy sunscreen, I just use old spray paint I find in the garage. Also, how long you think it'll take before these are being used by couples for lewd sex acts? "Already happened." FACT. Keep going for a shot of each while I try to pretend I didn't just imagine some Chewbacca on C-3PO bedroom role playing.

These are the vent dragons made and sold by artist David Lee Pancake. The dragons are available in a variety of dragony colors, cost $200 apiece, and are made to be hung on the wall, NOT cover an actual air vent. "But--" Hey, if you want to be hot all summer because the A/C isn't blowing in the living room, that's up to you.

Vent Dragons comes with a little remote control to light up the eyes of the two little monsters and surprise your guests and friends. The lights are powered by 3 AA batteries and should burn for 150 hours before you need to replace them. To replace the batteries unscrew the grate and lift off, the batteries are in a small pack inside. The lighted eyes have 8 different settings from fast blinking to continually glowing and there is a timer to turn them off in 6 hours. Enjoy! Size: 12x7 inches. Do NOT install in an actual heating/AC vent.

In there's no way Vader signed off on this news, this is the 'Nino Star Products Pool Float Black Outdoor' available from Amazon. It costs around $25, kinda looks like a Darth Vader a kid drew, and I can't imagine Darth doesn't wish they all melted in the destruction of the first Death Star. "What am I, a joke to you?!" I imagine him demanding as he Force-chokes the commander who signed off on using his likeness for a cartoony pool float as the other who signed off on the line of upcoming Vader sex toys casually backs out of the room intending to catch the first dropship to Tatooine. Keep going for one more shot of Vader at his most humiliated.