Vladimir Putin shows off his fearsome robot tanks

Vladimir Putin’s fearsome special unit of TANK ROBOTS will go into action ‘soon’ in the Russian Army amid fears of war in Ukraine Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu attended a firepower demonstration  He witnessed Russia’s unmanned Uran-9 robot tanks operating remotely  Russia is preparing to deploy its first unit of five Uran-9 in the near … Read more

French army is testing Boston Dynamics’ robot dog

The French army is the latest buyer of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot, which it’s using for training in combat scenarios.  Images have been shared by France‘s military school, the Saint-Cyr, of Spot with soldiers during military exercises.   The military school said Spot, and the ‘robotisation of the battlefield’, is helping ‘raising students’ awareness of … Read more

The bestselling Eufy Robot Vacuum is £130 off in Amazon’s Spring Sale

Products featured in this Mail Best article are independently selected by our shopping writers. If you make a purchase using links on this page, we may earn an affiliate commission. The age of spending hours vacuuming your whole house is over – as now there are robots to do it. And right now, Amazon is … Read more

Bizarre moment woman walks her $75,000 robot dog called Scrappy on a leash at Florida beach 

It’s a (robot) dog’s world! Bizarre moment woman walks her $75,000 mechanical pet called Scrappy on a leash at Florida beach A woman was seen walking a robotic dog on a leash along a Florida beach The four-legged robot is designed by Boston Dynamics, which named it Spot However, the woman changed the name of … Read more

Ricky Gervais jokes that he could be replaced by a ROBOT one day

Ricky Gervais has joked that he could be replaced by a robot on stage one day in the future.  Talking to Sam Harris on the Making Sense podcast, the comedian, 59, even quipped that the piece of machinery could be a ‘better stand-up’.  He joked: ‘Will there be a robot that’s bigger and taller and stronger … Read more

Hybrid robot can ‘hear’ electrical signals using a dead locust’s ear in a world’s first experiment

A robot has heard sounds through the ear of a dead locust in a world’s first experiment that uses the Ear-on-a-Chip method to create a long-lasting sensory device. A team from Tel Aviv University announced their new ‘Ear-bot’ that replaces an electronic microphone in a bio-hybrid robot with the insect’s ear, allowing the machine to … Read more

Bad Spot, bad! Pranksters mounted a paintball GUN on a Boston Dynamics’ $75,000 robot dog

Forget ‘a bull in a china shop’ — tomorrow, members of the public will be able to take remote control of an armed, paintball-firing robotic dog in an art gallery. Quirky, chaos-loving, New York-based start-up MSCHF (pronounced ‘mischief’) are behind the campaign, which highlights the risk of such machines being misused. MSCHF mounted the compressed air … Read more

World’s first robot ARTIST is set to exhibit series of self-portraits

World’s first robot ARTIST named Ai-Da is set to exhibit series of self-portraits which were created while she ‘looked’ in mirror with her camera eyes AI robot Ai-Da is named after the 19th-century mathematician Ada Lovelace Capable of drawing people from life using camera eye and a pencil in her hand Ai-Da’s work will be … Read more

Jack Black signs on to voice the robot Claptrap in the Borderlands video game adaptation

Jack Black signs on to voice the robot Claptrap in the Borderlands video game adaptation with Kevin Hart, Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 00:55 GMT, 12 February 2021 | Updated: 00:55 GMT, 12 February 2021 The cast of Lionsgate’s highly-anticipated Borderlands video game adaptation has just gotten bigger, … Read more

A cleaning robot that can tell funny jokes is being trialled on hospital wards

Cleaning ROBOT that can tell jokes is being trialled on hospital wards to ‘put a smile on patients’ faces and help in the fight against Covid-19 The cleaning robot named Ella was demoed at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in Kent She kept reception ‘spick and span’ while also communicating with visitors Ella had a short trial on … Read more