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DJI’s Mavic Pro folds up, fits in your hand,and still manages 4K video
Update: It was falsely reported that Mavic Pro’s maximum range is 7 miles. The actual maximum range is 4.3 miles. DJI’s first foldable drone, Mavic Pro, has officially taken off. Announced earlier...
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Craft your own “Mars” rover with this Kickstarter robotics kit
It won’t trek across Martian soil or run on solar power, but Plum Geek’s new Spirit Rover kit looks just like the real deal. The small robotics kit is modeled after NASA’s Mars rover, Spirit, but comes...
View ArticleDisney’s new robot is a one-legged hopper (sort of) like Tigger
Working to bring animated characters to life through robotics, Disney has invented an untethered, one-legged robot that hops like Winnie-the-Pooh’s tiger friend, Tigger. Disney Research is the...
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Review: Anki’s Cozmo is a super smart, playful, and adorable toy robot
Cozmo is the brainchild of AI and robotics company Anki. He’s a little robot with a big personality and a creature that looks like a bulldozer but behaves like Pixar’s WALL-E (and M-O). Cozmo is smart...
View ArticleA plucky robot named Root climbs whiteboards to teach kids code
Zee Dubrovsky is on a mission to make robots that teach people how to code. It’s not an easy task, though, especially when fitting in all ages between four and ninety-nine. Dubrovsky and his team have...
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Ozobot Evo review: a pint-sized robot for STEM education
We’ve been covering STEM robots for a couple years now. One robot that has remained at the top of our list is Ozobot. The plucky robot is smaller than a tangerine but smarter than an apple. The newest...
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MekaMon robots battle it out in augmented reality
Enter the future of video games and robots. MekaMon, which launched last week, is the brainchild of Bristol-based Reach Robotics. The quadruped robots battle it out in augmented reality, akin to titles...
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Cozmo the robot will soon be able to recognize your pets
Cozmo is getting an upgrade. Announced today by Anki, the little robot pal is slated for a software update that’ll add new features. Cozmo, in all his artificially intelligent glory, will soon be able...
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This drone morphs its wings to fly (sort of) like a bird
Researchers at EPFL have created a drone that flies almost like a bird. It’s not your typical drone; there are no horizontal blades like you’d see in a Phantom, but it does pack a few feathers to...
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Amazon completed its first drone delivery in the United Kingdom
Amazon is moving forward with its drone delivery concept Prime Air. Announced by the company on December 14, two customers in the United Kingdom can use the service while it’s in beta. Dozens possibly...
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Neato Botvac Connected review: a smarter and more affordable robot vacuum
There’s a myriad of robot vacuums on the market. Most of which are round and use bump sensors to aimlessly navigate, sucking up any dirt they might pass. On the other end of the spectrum, there’s Neato...
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Samsung’s new robot vacuum will listen to Alexa voice commands
Samsung’s new robot vacuum will listen out for Alexa voice commands. The atrociously-named POWERbot VR7000 sort of looks like Darth Vader (the helmet at least) and features a slimmer design with more...
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LG’s new robots will tend to your home and garden
Robots aren’t a new thing for LG. The Seoul-based electronics company has its own line of household robots, one called HOM-BOT for automated cleaning and one named Rolling Bot for spying on pets....
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Mayfield Robotics’ Kuri wants to be your adorable home robot companion
Home robots are a budding technology, so expect much of these personal, intelligent, and mobile robots to be unveiled throughout the year. Mayfield Robotics is a California-based startup backed by...
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LG unveils an impressive lineup of friendly and adorable robots
LG unveiled an impressive lineup of robot assistants at CES on Wednesday after hinting at such last week. The robot family includes two home assistants, an airport guide, and an airport cleaning robot....
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Cozmo SDK review: program your own robot pal with a few lines of code
If you haven’t heard the news, Cozmo is the smartest robot toys on the market right now. He’s super intelligent and emotive, about the closest thing to a real-life WALL-E. The company behind the...
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LEGO’s BOOST set gives life to bricks, teaches kids basic coding
LEGO BOOST is the company’s latest brick kit for budding makers and coders. The kit includes 840 standard LEGO bricks with three BOOST bricks: a computer, a color sensor, and a motor. It’s a bit like...
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Draco is a 100 mph racing drone for the rest of us
If you’ve got a need for speed, look no further than UVify’s Draco drone. The plucky quadcopter travels at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour and is ready out of the box. Drone racing has exploded in...
View ArticleWaymo unveils fleet of self-driving minivans that’ll hit the road later this...
Google’s self-driving car spin-off startup, Waymo, is said to be launching its own fleet of self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans onto public roads later this month. According to TechCrunch, the...
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Things are not looking swell for the Lily drone (and its customers)
It was May 2015 when consumers (and the press) went mad for Lily, a foldable drone for the selfie-crazed. The company, founded by UC Berkeley students Antoine Balaresque and Henry Bradlow, received...
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