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Five British schoolgirls aged 14 and 15 built a robot with five-metre folding arms designed to create wildfire firebreaks; their two-year-old robotics club is now representing Great Britain globally

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Five British schoolgirls aged 14 and 15 built a robot with five-metre folding arms designed to create wildfire firebreaks; their two-year-old robotics club is now representing Great Britain globally

Five schoolgirls from Kent, aged between 14 and 15, have built a robot with five-metre folding arms to help fight wildfires. Their work has earned them the chance to represent Great Britain at an international robotics competition in South Korea. The team from The Folkestone School for Girls, known as Team Meglabyte, designed the robot … Read more

Scientists sent a robot two miles below California and found a bigfin squid; it was the first live Northeast Pacific sighting

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Scientists sent a robot two miles below California and found a bigfin squid; it was the first live Northeast Pacific sighting

Photo credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Two miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California, in a world of near total darkness and crushing pressure, a remotely operated vehicle glided silently through the water. Its cameras were scanning the deep for the strange and the seldom-seen when something extraordinary … Read more

A ketchup bottle cap inspired Princeton engineers to build a shape-shifting robot that moves without a motor

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A ketchup bottle cap inspired Princeton engineers to build a shape-shifting robot that moves without a motor

Kevin Liu showcases a geometry-powered robot that moves without motors or controls, PC: Aaron Nathans At Princeton Engineering, a team led by Glaucio Paulino has answered a question few people ever think to ask: what makes a ketchup bottle cap snap open and stay open rather than flopping shut? The hinge on a typical flip-top … Read more

A San Francisco woman hires a humanoid robot for $30 an hour to clean her apartment while controlling it remotely from her sofa

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A San Francisco woman hires a humanoid robot for $30 an hour to clean her apartment while controlling it remotely from her sofa

A San Francisco woman has given a glimpse of what home cleaning could look like in the age of humanoid robots after hiring one for $30 an hour to work inside her apartment. Gianna Capezio booked a one-hour cleaning visit from San Francisco startup Tau Robotics, with the humanoid robot vacuuming, making her bed and … Read more

Meet Caden Pohlkamp, the Texas seventh-grader who built an underwater robot to test 12 neighbourhood ponds; fountains were linked to healthier water

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Meet Caden Pohlkamp, the Texas seventh-grader who built an underwater robot to test 12 neighbourhood ponds; fountains were linked to healthier water

Caden Terence Pohlkamp (7th Grade, Brookside Intermediate School, Friendswood, TX) A Texas seventh-grader has built a remote-controlled underwater robot to test water quality in 12 suburban neighbourhood ponds, finding that artificial fountains can help create healthier aquatic ecosystems. Caden Terence Pohlkamp, a student at Trinity Valley School in Fort Worth, Texas, designed and used the … Read more

Lindsay Clancy trial: Why psychiatrist Jennifer Tufts is under fire, expertise questioned, ‘Box-checking robot’

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Psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Tufts on the witness stand during Lindsay Clancy's murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S., August 10, 2026. Greg Derr/Pool via REUTERS (via REUTERS)

Lindsay Clancy’s psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Tuftscame under fire when the Massachusetts mother’s lawyer questioned her expertise and decision making for her overall treatment. Lindsay is facing three counts of murder in the killings of her children Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months. The proceedings are taking place in a Plymouth, Massachusetts, courtroom. Psychiatrist … Read more

From grief support to robot cafes and marriage prospects: How artificial intelligence is changing daily life in South Korea

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From grief support to robot cafes and marriage prospects: How artificial intelligence is changing daily life in South Korea

From serving coffee to supporting grieving people, artificial intelligence does it all in South Korea Artificial intelligence and robots are becoming part of daily life in South Korea. Families are using AI to recreate deceased loved ones, robot baristas serve coffee without human service, semiconductor engineers have become among the most in-demand professionals in the … Read more

Robots that can tow 500kg: Dubai deploys AI drones and water rescue robots on beaches to enhance coastal safety

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Robots that can tow 500kg: Dubai deploys AI drones and water rescue robots on beaches to enhance coastal safety

Drones, robots to patrol Dubai beaches in major safety upgrade Dubai is once again leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance public safety, this time along its coastline. For the first time in the region, authorities are introducing water rescue robots and aerial water rescue drones at public beaches to assist lifeguards and respond to maritime emergencies … Read more