“People will protect what they love, and they love what they know,” says robotics engineer Eduardo Labarca, paraphrasing Jacques Cousteau. That’s why he and his team at Mountain View, California-based 9th Sense Robotics want to [...]

The cleverly named Thermite is a small firefighting robot that does jobs humans can’t, or at least probably shouldn’t do. While there can be no doubt that Thermite is cute for a robot, we have [...]

A surfing robot is being used to track great white sharks off the coast of California, US, by marine scientists. The mobile transmitter is the latest addition to an extensive programme of electronic tagging. Researchers [...]

Pledge $12 or more and remote-pilot a lunar rover! If you’ve ever yearned to take part in a space program but haven’t been given the chance, then perhaps you should take a look at the [...]