Google buys terrifying robot maker

Dec 16, 2013
Google has purchased Boston Dynamics.

In Geneva, a debate over killer robots

Nov 13, 2013
This week, the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons may decide whether to consider a ban on autonomous machines of the future that could kill without command.

Sci-fi inspired science at EmTech

Oct 11, 2013
These robots are straight out of a movie.

A different kind of sign spinner

Oct 11, 2013
Sign spinners at the local bagel shop make minimum wage. That is, if they have a beating heart. Are we about to lose even these low-skilled service jobs -- jumping-around-holding-a-sign-dressed-in-a-silly-costume-while-rapidly-moving-vehicles-speed-by -- to robots? Marketplace’s intrepid labor-trends reporter Mitchell Hartman investigates.

Can robots create art?

Aug 19, 2013
A continuing goal and a heated debate in the tech world: Can robots truly create art? And what does that even mean?

The many uses of robot snakes

Mar 27, 2013
A robot snake -- just like the name suggests -- is a long, segmented metal rig. When you toss it, it automatically wraps around whatever it hits.

For public good, not for profit.

Your own personal drone

Mar 7, 2013
Ready for your personal drone? A look at what a world of civilian drones with CEO of 3D Robotics, Chris Anderson.

A robot for every job

Feb 18, 2013
How one little robot named Baxter could take over the last of America's manufacturing jobs.

Robots that play like Monk, and growth in the online job market

Jan 4, 2013
Elance, a company that uses the web to fix up freelancers, forecasts that one out of four college students in 2013 will earn money through online jobs. Researchers at Georgie Tech are working to create a robot that will improvise music along with humans.