Robotics
Do you trust the robots in your life?
Peter Bruza believes we need to understand how human beings will form relationships of trust with autonomous systems.
If a robot hurts or kills someone, is the robot responsible?
As robotics and AI become an increasingly potent force in society, previously abstract questions about how we should legislate them...
Meet Sophia, the humanoid robot that has the world talking
Sophia the humanoid robot is sure to turn heads when she makes an appearance in Sydney this September.
These new developments have technology buzzing like a bee
As bee numbers decline, technological developments are stepping up to help – including RoboBees that move and act like the...
New autonomous weapons lab like opening ‘Pandora’s Box’ warns world expert
Australian AI expert Toby Walsh called on his international peers to boycott South Korea's KAIST university for its new autonomous...
Are these the droids you’re looking for?
Collaborative robots are the future, but engineers will need help from creatives to make it a reality.
Soft robots inspired by eels
Drawing inspiration from the sinuous motion of a swimming blue eel, a team of American researchers have discovered a process...
Six-axis robot can juggle cylinders
BOC Australia unveils an automation system that uses a world-first application of a six-axis robot that can see, pickup and...
Meet the engineers working to make robot limbs with a human touch
With the rate of amputations due to diabetes and other illnesses rising globally, the demand for prosthetic limbs is likely...
Robots mimic jumping spiders and bees
"Imagine if the current trend of a declining bee population continues, swarms of robot bees pollinating crops and flowers could...
