Millennials embrace service robots but fear job losses By Staff Writer, ITWebJohannesburg, 12 Mar 2026Robots that mimic animals may be more acceptable to Gen Z and Millennials than humanoid machines, ...

And a new study, published in the journal Emotion, suggests that a robot that mimics human breathing can also pass on frightened feelings. The researchers developed round fluffy robots with motorized ...

A study shows that rattlesnake rattling works as a powerful warning signal that scares animals and prevents dangerous encounters in the wild.

Each unit has multiple points to which another unit can attach itself: 18 of them, to be precise, which means that just two ...

In probably the only example of a telecom operator dabbling in robotics through R&D, Japan’s NTT DoCoMo had some intriguing ...

In A Nutshell Researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso built a 3D-printed robotic rattlesnake fitted with a real rattle to test whether the rattlesnake’s defensive display genuinely deters ...

A new Electronic Dolphin robot can clean up oil spills using a sea urchin-inspired filter that pulls in oil while pushing water away.

Pixar's Hoppers had a healthy opening at the box office, which is critical when it comes to the beloved animation studio's future.

Pixar's Hoppers has had people hopping to cinemas all over the world in its first week, grossing $88 million worldwide. That makes it Pixar’s strongest debut for an original animated movie (i.e., not ...

Millions of years from now, Earth could look completely alien. Evolution never stops experimenting, and the creatures of the future may be stranger than anything alive today. Inspired by The Future is ...

The Electronic Dolphin is a small robot developed by engineers from RMIT University in Australia to test an innovative method for cleaning oil spills from the ocean. It is a remote-controlled ...

Researchers created a liquid-metal artificial pupil that automatically adjusts to light, helping robots and self-driving systems see more accurately in changing environments. The post ...