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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

Self-driving cars and medical robots need an infant’s understanding of physics to succeed

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Long before NLP became a hot field in AI, people devised rules and machines to manipulate language

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

Leaders in Silicon Valley—both the real one and the fictional one on HBO—started this week by debating the responsibilities of tech companies

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The machine would use an “alphabet of human thoughts” and rules to combine them

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

Michael Kratsios, the fourth U.S. Chief Technology Officer, explains administration policies at the Fall Conference of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

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

Spacecraft propulsion systems are ready for China’s daring touchdown attempt on the red planet

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

Shannon's said: “OCRO HLI RGWR NMIELWIS”

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

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

Cassie may not have any arms to work with, but that doesn’t keep it from juggling a ball on its head

Argonne will use the CS-1 to help discover cancer therapies and understand colliding blackholes

The fastest, safest, and most exciting way to launch a quadrotor may be ballistically

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

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The bot learned language from people on Twitter—but it also learned values

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

Over a dozen robots that we promise will make fantastic holiday gifts

OpenAI’s GPT-2 program churns out natural language that’s remarkably coherent—and that’s a problem

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

MIT conference considers companies that have implemented job-friendly AI

Whether for maintenance or augmentation, robots that can use tools on themselves are more independent and capable

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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.

Temuera Morrison is appearing on the next season of the show.

Not every actor is Linney-caliber.

What’s going to get Jen first: the discovery of what’s happening in her garage, or the guilt over what she hasn’t told her BFF?

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

If Stephen King keeps writing ‘em, we’ll keep seeing ‘em.