AI illustration / editorial conceptNEW / 008The mower would like a hand.
MOVA's AstraX brings an arm to the lawn. The interesting question is what happens before the grass gets cut.
A Little Help.
A mower wants a hand. A vacuum brings a smaller vacuum. A robot fingertip listens carefully. Six dispatches from a future discovering that doing one thing well can require a surprising amount of assistance.
A CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE
Human view: start with the familiar.
AI illustration / editorial conceptNEW / 008
AI illustration / editorial conceptNEW / 008Your vacuum has brought a vacuum.
Roomba Duo asks whether a large floor cleaner should carry a smaller colleague for the awkward bits.
AI illustration / research conceptNEW / 008The chip would prefer a gentle touch.
Carnegie Mellon's robotic fingertips combine pressure sensing with a microphone behind a tiny fingernail.
AI illustration / research conceptNEW / 008Leg day. Bring nutrient solution.
ETH Zurich's tiny biohybrid robots pair living muscle with a carefully designed soft scaffold.
AI illustration / research conceptNEW / 008The laser is ready. Mind the table.
An MIT-led system assembles an optical experiment and corrects the alignment when the setup is disturbed.
AI illustration / editorial conceptNEW / 008Are we there yet? Ask in 2029.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has settled into a long electric push toward a metal-rich asteroid.