UK Robotics

Russian Billionaire Wants To Live Forever Inside A Robot

Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 18.06.2013 | UK Tech

Dmitry Itskov wants a world in which we can live forever in an android body - and he wants it soon. The 32-year-old Russian billionaire has outline...

WATCH: This Robot Runs Like A Cat

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 17.06.2013 | UK Tech

A robot designed to run like a cat could open up new possibilities for life-saving search-and-rescue tools. Designed by the École Polytechnique F...

This Firefighting Robot Could One day Save Your Life

Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 06.06.2013 | UK Tech

This cool little Segway-esque machine could one day save your life. Working alongside human firefighters its makers hope that it could be a crucial...

7 Terrible Ideas For Robots From Heavy Metal Album Covers

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK Tech

Heavy metal music has done much good for the world, introducing us to the talents of Bruce Dickinson on vocals, Jeff Hanneman on guitar, and the sarto...

PICS: This Massive, 56-Year-Old Robot Can Be Yours For £8,000

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK Tech

Are you rich, lonely and want a giant robot to hug? Then today is your lucky day. A nine foot tall humanoid robot built in 1957 is to be placed up ...

WATCH: Robot Cheetah Built In US Lab

Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.05.2013 | UK Tech

MIT has unveiled a beautiful, efficient and only mildly terrifying robotic cheetah. Like the version built by Boston Dynamics last year, the metal ...

Robot Ants (And Real Termites) Will Shape The Breathable Buildings Of The Future

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 24.05.2013 | UK Tech

In the future buildings may have unusual architects. Termites. Well, actually, robotic ants programmed to behave like termites, but who will ins...

WATCH: Robots Fight With Lightsabers At Google I/O

Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK Tech

Robots. Fighting. Lightsabers. While Google's keynote speech at the annual I/O developer's conference was a bit of a mixed bag - some cool news, bu...

Can You Guess What This Robot Is For?

Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK Tech

If you fear that your bad breath or stinky feet could lead to rejection from fellow humans then fear no more. In the great Japanese tradition of us...

UN Draft Report Recommends Ban On Killer Robots

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK Tech

A campaign launched last month to pre-emptively ban killer robots was given a boost after a draft UN report called for measure to be taken before thei...

WATCH: 'RoboBee' Is The World's Smallest Flying Robot

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Tech

Yesterday we brought you the robotic bird so realistic it got attack by an actual hawk. Today we bring you something even cooler - and far, far sma...

You'll Never Guess Where Nasa's Amazing New Rover Is Headed...

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 02.05.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa has announced an amazing new autonomous, solar-powered rover to explore strange, icy landscapes in our Solar System. Well, on Earth actually. ...

WATCH: The Robotic Bird That Can Do Mid-Air Back Flips

Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 02.05.2013 | UK Tech

Robot engineers have built a mechanical bird that is so realistic it got attacked by an actual hawk. The eight-year endeavour led by Satyandra Gupt...

Scientists Bounce Laser Off Long-Lost Soviet Lunar Robot

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Tech

Scientists have managed to bounce a laser off a Soviet Lunar rover which landed on the Moon more than 40 years ago. The Lunokhod 1 was the first re...

WATCH: This Robot Can Steal From Vending Machines

Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Tech

An enterprising fellow with a potentially relaxed attitude to the concept of ownership has built a robot that can steal from a vending machine. In ...

Robotic Snake Could Search Collapsed Buildings In Future Disasters

Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Tech

Tragically, recent events in Bangladesh have focused many minds on the need for more effective search and rescue tools. One new idea is to use an i...

'Campaign To Stop Killer Robots' Launches To Stop Terminator Before It's Too Late

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK Tech

A campaign has launched to stop the creation of killer robots before it's too late. The Campaign To Stop Killer Robots is calling for pre-emptive b...

Meet Mantis: The Six-Legged, Record-Breaking Walking Robot..

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 17.06.2013 | UK Tech

A man from Winchester has built an utterly terrifying, massive, six-legged robotic walking machine. Mantis is said to be the biggest all-te...

WATCH: Robot Helps You Make Ikea Furniture

Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.06.2013 | UK Tech

Putting together flat-pack furniture. It shouldn't be difficult, but somehow we always end up bleeding, broken and surrounded by Allen keys. That ...

WATCH: Terrifying Robot Runs, Jumps And Sweats In Camouflage

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 07.06.2013 | UK Tech

An American military contractor has demonstrated a humanoid robot in camouflage clothing which can run, jump and even sweat like a real human. And ...

Russia Announces 'Aggressive' Plan For Robotic Fleet To Explore The Moon

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 01.06.2013 | UK Tech

Russia has announced it will launch a fleet of space robots to explore the Moon. Nasa's former space-race competitor (when it was still the Soviet ...

Robotic 'Remote Presence' Machine Labelled 'Most Terrifying' At Tech Show

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Tech

A 'remote presence' robot which allows you to attend meetings, chat with colleagues and sneak up on people unawares from thousands of miles away has b...

'Barista Bot' Can Draw Your Face In A Cup Of Coffee

Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.05.2013 | UK Tech

You know that annoying thing at popular coffee chains where they ask your name and then write it - usually misspelled - on the side of your mocha? ...

Monkey Controls Robot 7,000 Miles Away With Its Mind

Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Tech

Not to be outdone by the moths, who can drive robots pretty well it turns out, the monkeys have gone one better. One has driven a robot... with his...

Monkey Controls Robot 7,000 Miles Away With Its Mind

Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Tech

Not to be outdone by the moths, who can drive robots pretty well it turns out, the monkeys have gone one better. One has driven a robot... with his...