From April, revised traffic laws will allow self-driving delivery robots to navigate streets across Japan. Proponents hope the machines could eventually help elderly people in depopulated rural areas get access to goods, while also addressing a shortage of delivery workers in a country with chronic labour shortages.

Japan rolls out 'humble and lovable' delivery robots

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have created a robot with the ability to smell. In peer reviewed research, the study suggests that the robots can be trained to find drugs, explosives – and even diseases.

Israeli scientists create robot with superpower

Israeli scientists create robot with

The world of robotics is expanding with every passing day and now, robots will be used to keep a watch on pipe networks in England and Wales. According to the water industry economic regulator Ofwat, England and Wales lose around three billion litres of water due to water pipe leaks and the robots can be the solution to these problems.

Pipebots: The tiny 'leak hunter' robots that can save billions of litres of water

The police in San Francisco will be able to use robots that can kill after official approval from the city’s Board of Supervisors. The official body was engaged in a heated debate over the top for quite some time but the decision was finally taken after a vote on Wednesday.

San Francisco Police get special permission to use 'killer robots' after heated debate

The first perfect replica of a Parthenon sculpture was presented at the Freud Museum in London by the Institute for Digital Archaeology (IDA). What makes the replica of the sculpture fascinating is that it is carved from the same Greek marble used for the original 2,500 years ago.

Parthenon marbles perfect replica created by robot displayed at Freud museum in London

As visitors walk into Dubai’s Museum of the Future, they are greeted with a joke and a smile by an unlikely staff member - ‘Ameca’, the humanoid robot.

Tech in Trend: Humanoid robot greets visitors at Dubai's Museum of the Future

The latest indication that the e-commerce behemoth is starting to pare down experimental initiatives amid sluggish sales growth is Amazon's decision to halt tests of its home delivery robot.

Amazon shutting down tests of home delivery robot 'Scout' amid slowing growth

Artificial Intelligence is already threatening thousands of jobs across the world. Now, a Chinese metaverse corporation has named a robot as its CEO, a move that has people excited, while also creating a little fear.

AI-powered humanoid robot is the new CEO of a Chinese metaverse company

A small robot is part of an effort to make convenience stores even more convenient across Japan. It's one possible answer to Japan's worsening labor shortage.

Artificial intelligence makes life easy; new helping hand at Japan's convenience stores

80 users in 45 minutes – A Chinese company announced on Monday that they have developed a robot which can complete Covid tests at an unbelievable speed. The Chinese company BioTeke claimed that the robot is capable of operating faster than conventional methods and according to a report on South China Morning Post, the robot can study 320 samples at the same time.

New COVID-19 testing robot can produce results in just 45 minutes

Scientists at Stanford University in California have created a robot that can dive down in deep ocean to locate shipwrecks and sunken planes which is impossible for humans to do.

Scientists create humanoid robot that can dive underwater to explore shipwrecks

A robot in Moscow assaulted a 7-year-old boy, and broke his finger. Do you know why? The boy attempted a quick move during a game of chess. Palki Sharma brings you the story.

Gravitas: Robot breaks a 7-year-old boy's finger

In a bizarre incident, a chess-playing robot broke a seven-year-old player's finger during the Moscow Chess Open that was organised last week.

WION Fineprint: Chess robot breaks finger of opponent during a match at Moscow open

Chess robot breaks finger of opponent during a match at Moscow open

A chess-playing robot broke a seven-year-old boy’s finger during a tournament in Moscow, Russia, after the kid went for a swift move without waiting for the necessary time for the machine to complete its action.

Watch: Chess-playing robot goes rogue, breaks boy’s finger during tournament in Moscow

Researchers in Japan have developed an advanced snake-shaped robot that can climb ladders and wind its way up drainpipes, raising hopes that such devices will soon be used in surveying inaccessible locations in disaster-hit areas.

Japan develops remotely operated snake-shaped robots for disaster site inspection

In a bid to help reduce the pollution caused by plastics in oceans. Scientists unveiled bionic robo-fish capable of hunting microplastics from the ocean surface.

Robots to solve ocean's pollution menace: 15mm long robo-fish to hunt for plastic

A number of industries have been using robots for a number of tasks and it looks like the world of bartending has joined the list. A robot in Munich can now create cocktails according to the customers’ orders and the bar regulars have accepted the innovation wholeheartedly.

Bartending robot in Germany can mix brilliant cocktails - WATCH

Engineers from Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan demonstrate their latest creation: a four-legged rideable robot modeled after an Ibex, a wild goat found in Europe, Asia, and northeastern Africa.

Japan innovate robot 'Bex' to help its ageing population

The ancient Italian city of Pompeii is to be monitored by a robot dog named 'Spot'. This technology aims to conserve ancient Archaeological site.

Italy: Robot Dog to be archaeologists' companion to surveil Pompeii

Imagine an electronic skin that is capable of actually experiencing pain that can be used in order to create a new generation of robots who will be able to feel certain things just like the humans.

Electronic skin that can actually feel pain? Indian-origin researcher makes it a reality

Japan is a country that values technology while remaining true to its traditions. Because of the country's lengthy aversion to accepting immigrants, aided by its low birth rate, Japan's population is rapidly ageing.

To meet labour crunch, aid an aging population Japan develops 'BEX' a goat-robot

Not every job can be done by a robot, some require emotion, may be even a personal touch, however, in Japan even such jobs are being delegated to robots. Many nursing centres in Tokyo use robots.

'Robot therapy' for elderly in Japan: Win for technology or loss for humanity?

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