Makers of Sophia the robot reveal plans to produce THOUSANDS of lifelike bots by the end of 2021

With her lifelike face and unusual sense of humour, Sophia the robot is one of the most famous androids around the world.  Now, her makers have revealed ambitious plans to mass produce thousands of humanoid bots by the end of the year.  Hanson Robotics, the firm behind Sophia, says that four models, including Sophia, will … Read more

Team shrinks bug-inspired bot to the size of PENNY making it one of the smallest micro bots ever

Harvard team shrinks cockroach-inspired robot to the size of a PENNY making it one of the smallest and fastest micro bots ever made The bot is only 2.25 centimeters and can travel at 14 body lengths per second It is one of the smallest and fastest micro bots every made The bot was partly a test … Read more

Laziness in humans could be used to tell us apart from bots

Humans’ unique laziness when it comes to interacting on social media could be the key to telling us apart from artificially intelligent ‘bots’, a new study shows. US researchers have identified behavioural trends of humans on Twitter that are absent in social media bots – namely a decrease in tweet length over time. The team … Read more