Robots
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MIT Develops a Robotic Bird That Can Fly, Dive, and Swim We've seen drones that fly and underwater robots that swim, but combining both into a single machine has remained a major engineering challenge. Researchers at MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering have now developed a bio-inspired robotic bird capable of flying through the air, diving into water, swimming beneath the surface, and taking off again. Inspired by… |
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Autonomous Robotic Fish Combines Computer Vision and Wireless Charging A YouTube channel named CPSDrone has developed a fully autonomous robotic fish capable of operating without direct human control. The project, which took nearly three months to design and build, demonstrates how bio-inspired robotics can replicate the movement and behavior of aquatic life while integrating advanced robotic capabilities. Unlike traditional remote-… |
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ROHM’s New 100V MOSFET Offers 18% Lower ON-Resistance for Power Systems in AI Servers ROHM has introduced a new 100V power MOSFET called RY7P250BM that’s optimized for hot-swap circuits in 48V power systems that we see in AI servers and industrial power supplies. The product is tailored for AI servers and data centers, where rising power demands from generative AI and high-performance GPUs push systems to adopt more efficient 48V architecture. Hot-swap circuits are circuits… |
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AI Robots Play Football Without Human Control in Beijing Tournament Humanoid robots powered by AI engaged in a football match for the first time in Beijing, China, on June 28, 2025. Reports say that the robots dressed in black and purple jerseys took on each other in a 3 vs 3 match that was played in two 10-minute halves. The event featured four teams from three Chinese universities: Tsinghua University (THU Robotics), Beijing Information Science and… |
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Robot Kickboxing Is Real Now, China Just Held the First Match The first-ever humanoid robot kickboxing competition just took place as a part of the China Media Group (CMG) World Robot Competition - Mecha Fighting Series. It featured four G1 robots developed by Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics. It was a memorable moment for humanoid robot tech. The robots performed a pre-planned kickboxing bout operated by teams of human trainers using joysticks. … |
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NavBot-EN01: A Practical, Open Source, Scalable Robot for Learning Robotics If you are into STEM education or just enjoy playing with robots, there’s a new desktop robot that might catch your interest, it’s called the NavBot-EN01 as functional wheel-legged robot. Designed with students, teachers, and hobbyists in mind, it aims to make robotics education more practical, affordable, and fun. Most educational robots out there are either too basic or way too… |
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DIY Gesture Control Drone using Python with LiteWing and ESP32 A few years ago, building a drone was expensive and out of reach for most hobbyists and students. But today, DIY drones have become more accessible and affordable. With the LiteWing Drone—a compact, open-source drone powered by the ESP32—you can build and fly your own drone for under $50. It's beginner-friendly, ready to fly out of the box, and can be controlled via… |
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ESP32 Air Mouse using Bluetooth and MPU6050 Gesture control is one of the coolest ways to interact with technology—no buttons, no touchscreens, just simple hand movements. It almost feels like magic when you can control devices with a wave of your hand! This technology has a wide range of real-world applications, from flying drones and controlling robots to managing smart home… |
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This Bug-Sized Wireless Flying Robot can Hover, Survive Collisions, and Adjust Its Route Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a tiny flying robot inspired by flying insects. It is less than 1 centimeter in size with only two tiny magnets and weighs only 21 milligrams, making it the smallest flying robot that can be controlled without wires. Unlike normal drones that need batteries and sensors, this robot moves using an external magnetic field. Though… |
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Tiny Swimming Robot with Soft Fins to Protect Aquatic Life A team of researchers from EPFL School of Engineering and The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have created a tiny, ultra-light swimming robot that could help track pollution, study aquatic ecosystems, and monitor water quality in delicate areas like coral reefs and lakes. These robots move and swim like tiny migraine flatworms with its soft, undulating fins. Smaller… |
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Battery-free Robots use Origami to change Shape in Mid-Air Scientists at Washington University have created small robotic devices capable of adjusting their aerial movement by adopting a folded posture as they fall. These " microfliers," when released from drones, employ a specific origami technique, the Miura-ori fold, to transition from a scattered, tumbling motion to a direct downward fall. The… |
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Kazokutchi: The Robotic Ecosystem With NFC and NFT Technology The Kazokutchi robotic "homes" are pretty cool gadgets that do more than just roam around. They actually use NFC (Near Field Communication) to interact and create unique digital tokens known as NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Now, you may have heard of blockchains and NFTs as these complicated tech buzzwords that only computer geeks understand… |
