Polite drones open door for efficient robot armies
25 June 2014
Robots that can navigate in unknown spaces have been given manners to help them coordinate their in-flight movements
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One Per Cent
25 June 2014
Real recoil from Oculus Rift "gun", this a job for danger drone, I spy a nosy neighbour
Harvey, the robot farmer fixing the US labour shortage
18 June 2014
It's getting harder to find people to work on farms in the US – robo-farmers are shifting plants and could soon be picking strawberries in their place
Today on 91av
10 June 2014
All the latest on newscientist.com: urban smellscapes, Vermont's climate plan, why cool science isn't enough, how Europe got farmers and more
Space dreams: 5 futuristic ideas that won NASA cash
10 June 2014
Drones that would land on Saturn's giant moon, Titan, using a hot-air balloon are among the far-out ideas due to receive funds from NASA
Methane leak? Robot sniffer dog is on the case
4 June 2014
Gasbot and machines like it could one day be used to sniff out dangerous emissions in landfills, mines and even city streets
Drone law: Flying into a legal twilight zone
14 May 2014
You can buy a drone in a toy store and they're all over YouTube – but US law still doesn't know what to do with them
Flying 3D printer could seal off nuclear waste
7 May 2014
An autonomous mini-helicopter can smother a container with foam before a second lifts it out of hard-to-reach spots
Armed Russian robocops to defend missile bases
23 April 2014
Russia is using gun-toting robot sentries to defend its army bases and shoot intruders
Contemplating the power of war to end all wars
15 April 2014
The threat of mutually assured destruction, military or economic, promotes peace in many places. If war has ultimately forged a safer world, what's next?
