Emerging Tech

How Birds Perch Could Lead to Nimbler Flying Robots

It could eliminate the need for runways.

Artificial Intelligence

How Libraries are Embracing Artificial Intelligence

A humanoid robot named Pepper helps teach coding at Roanoke County Public Libraries, one of many branches across the country embracing the emerging technology.

Emerging Tech

How Government Can Help America Lead in Robotics

Experts fear automation and robotics get a bad rap. 

Emerging Tech

A Robot Has Been Stuck on Mars for Months

NASA will conduct a delicate rescue mission to free a probe trapped just inches below the red planet’s surface.

Emerging Tech

Border Patrol Wants Robots that Can Go Underground and Report Back

Homeland Security is looking for innovative robots that can navigate underground tunnels and communicate with headquarters.

Artificial Intelligence

Government Seeks Input on Reboot of Nation's Strategic Computing Objectives

When technology progresses quickly, the strategies behind it may need to as well.

Emerging Tech

Inside the Growing Problem of Space Debris

Technology alone may not be enough to address it.

Digital Government

To Unleash a Modern Workforce, America Must Revamp Education

Federal leaders say the nation needs to pivot education towards tech-focused training in fields like robotics.

Emerging Tech

The Pentagon is Investing in Space Robots to Repair Satellites

The robots would service military, government and commercial spacecraft more than 22,000 miles above the Earth.

Emerging Tech

Russia’s Pistol-Packing Robot Is Scrambling for Parts

The program’s foreign suppliers stopped shipping components after gunfire videos went viral.

Emerging Tech

The U.S. Military Is Chopping Up Its Iron Man Suit For Parts

Special Operations Command’s much-anticipated super suit won’t be here for Christmas.

Artificial Intelligence

The ‘Driverless Experience’ Looks Awfully Distracting

At CES 2019, carmakers showed off vehicles with perfume-puffing headrests, augmented-reality video displays, and all manner of in-car entertainment.

Emerging Tech

The Grim Future of Urban Warfare

New technologies are making war even more horrific.

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Battle Grinch Bots

Bots can nab the hot gifts you're trying to buy.

Emerging Tech

NASA Designed a Special Claw For the Mars Insight Lander

The claw is essential for investigating the red planet.

Artificial Intelligence

Defense Intel Chief Worried About Chinese ‘Integration of Human and Machines’

The future of human performance is a research race, and the U.S. shouldn’t take its lead for granted, the DIA director says.

Emerging Tech

NASA Made the Mars Curiosity Rover Switch Brains

No, NASA can't do this process on people.

Emerging Tech

Watch a Space Robot Capture a Runaway Satellite With its Net

Space debris like an errant satellite can pose a risk to other things in orbit.

Emerging Tech

By 2025, Machines Will Do More Work Than Humans, a New Report Says

The robot apocalypse is coming.

Emerging Tech

Slack Uses Two Robots Named Salt and Peppa to Monitor Office Security After Hours

“Humans aren’t great at repetitive, redundant tasks."