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Two excellent new sci-fi novels tackle robots in very different ways

Luminous by Silvia Park and Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer are both thoughtful and well-written science fiction novels, featuring robots in richly realised worlds. But there the similarities end, says Emily H. Wilson

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How Ukraine became a drone factory and invented the future of war

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The best and most ridiculous robots of 2025 in pictures

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Teenager builds advanced robot hand entirely from Lego pieces

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Robotic underwater glider sets out to circumnavigate the globe

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (15445863d) Humanoid robots compete in the 100-meters race at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China, 17 August, 2025. Humanoid robot 100-meters race finals, Beijing - 17 Aug 2025

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Running robot takes a tumble at China's World Humanoid Robotic Games

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Surgical robots take step towards fully autonomous operations

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The waiter robot ONYRO of the Ipsum Tek French company is displayed during the 8th edition of the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 23, 2024. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Forget the Terminators, our robot future may be squishy and fun

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Robotics meets the culinary arts A Swiss Italian team has created RoboCake, a robotic wedding cake that showcases the advances in robotic food research. The project was unveiled today at the Expo 2025 in Osaka.

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Wedding cake contains edible chocolate batteries that power candles

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Smell-seeking drone uses moth antenna to follow a scent

A moth antenna can be integrated into the electronics of a drone to create a smell-seeking bio-hybrid – but it only detects the smell of a female moth

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Robot made from pig gelatin biodegrades when no longer needed

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Robotic exoskeleton can train expert pianists to play faster

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Mind-controlled robotic arm lets people with paralysis touch and feel

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Delicate robot hands know just how hard to squeeze

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