The Latest Breaking News on Robotics

Balloons, ‘objects’ – what’s in the sky above the US?

US airspace is increasingly crowded, not all regulated, and with so much up there, it’s not easy to track it all.

Al Jazeera · Feb 16, 2023

‘Hello Tomorrow!’: On show about selling lunar homes, gorgeous look is eclipsed by meandering story

Billy Crudup leads stellar cast in a dark Apple TV+ comedy set in a future world with a retro 1950s vibe.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 16, 2023

Rare footage from one of the first dives to the Titanic released on YouTube premiere

When those on the a small submersible research vessel peered out their windows in 1986, it was the first time human eyes had set on the Titanic since it sank in 1912. Here's the footage from their cameras.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2023

I have HIV and can’t fly through Qatar but BA won’t give me a refund

I want to use another airline as I can’t enter the transit country used by BA flights to south-east Asia, but the airline has only offered a voucher

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

Lasers, robots, and tiny electrodes are transforming treatment of severe epilepsy

For people with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgery used to be seen as a last resort. Now it's often the treatment of choice.

WEKU · Feb 14, 2023

Grandad, 91, back on tractor after fall left him unable to move

Widower Owen John Thomas underwent specialist robotic surgery

Liverpool Echo · Feb 13, 2023

Robotic traps and artificial intelligence deployed in trial to control feral cats in Queensland's wet tropics

Feral cats are among the biggest killers of native wildlife in Australia. One company has developed a trap that can work out whether what it sees is indeed a cat.

ABC News · Feb 12, 2023

Japan greenlights use of delivery robots in bid to solve labour shortages

Starting in April, wide-eyed delivery robots will be allowed to use Japan's roads to deliver food and parcels. FRANCE 24's Solange Mougin explains how this could help the country's ageing workforce. But first, Disney cuts 7,000 jobs in a bid to make its streaming business profitable. Plus, Alphabet's stock tumbles…

France 24 · Feb 9, 2023

Robots to perform hip and knee surgery in first Welsh clinical trial

The robotic trial will be tested within Hywel Dda University Health Board, which manages healthcare in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire

Wales Online · Feb 9, 2023

From farming robots to coral reef 'cubes': The tech firms named ones to watch in the South West

Leading tech firms from across the region are being showcased by the Tech South West Ones to Watch project that gives them access to specialist support to help growth

Birmingham Post · Feb 9, 2023