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It’s difficult to spy on shy creatures in their natural habitats, whether it be in the deep sea, or in the trees. Now, however, thanks to animatronic drones and robots, people are able to safely ...

Spy In The Wild is a nature show with a premise that, at long last, perfectly balances education with entertainment. The BBC commissions experts to create animatronic animals, places them in real ...

New footage from an undercover robot baby gorilla has given filmmakers a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of a pack of Ugandan Silverback Mountain gorillas. The gorillas were caught on camera as ...

Robots powered by popular artificial intelligence models are currently unsafe for general purpose real-world use, according ...

The US Navy is funding the development of a new super-surveillance system that uses robots to snoop on humans in terrifying detail. It has handed a $1.7 million grant to researchers from Cornell ...

If you thought Watson (the Jeopardy computer) was going to rule our puny human asses alone, now Watson has his minions. The Pentagon has just developed a robotic hummingbird designed for spying called ...

Be careful: Hackers might be watching through your vacuum. Well, they could if you own the Diqee Camera Robotic Vacuum Cleaner, which is made and sold in China. It touts features like an HD 360-degree ...

Anyone who remembers the Futurama episode “Birdbot of Ice-Catraz” knows that having a penguin-like robot hang out with penguins can be dicey. But because this is real life (and Bender wasn’t involved) ...

For those who feel like the coronavirus is something out of a sci-fi movie, meet O-R3. In Singapore, this motorized bot roams parks and heavily populated areas to remind everyone to keep a safe ...

Faceless, camera-eyed, paraplegic mannequins are coming soon to Japanese department stores, as Flower Robotics shows off its prototype models that not only turn to pose for individual shoppers, but ...

There are hidden camera shows... and then there are hidden camera shows with Michael Gambon involved. E4's new series Bad Robots, which kicks off next week, is the second sort. The programme sees ...