Robotics

The grape-picking robot represents just one of the latest examples of how the human race is gradually (for the time being) moving toward full unemployment. Yes, it's French and yes, of course it's named after WALL-E.

As the field of robotics advances rapidly, so too do the robots themselves. Boston Dynamics (fund by DARPA) has created a new nightmare for the animals of the African plain.

In a collaboration between Cornell and the University of Chicago, researchers moved swiftly to produce a new prototype in an effort to quash the notion that clever-basketball-player-name-mashup-words have to reference only human beings.    …