Tight enclosed spaces, collapsed structures and unstable rubble can prevent human responders from searching for survivors in many disaster situations. Still, researchers at Johns Hopkins University ...

A semi-autonomous robot dog that uses artificial intelligence to perform actions such as walking filmed someone peering through a Caltrans fence — a move that one official equated with catching a ...

When a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar led to a skyscraper collapse in Bangkok this spring, search and rescue teams—human, canine, and machine—struggled with dangerous debris, thick dust, and ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News got an exclusive look at a new tool the NYPD has at its disposal for responding to emergency situations. It's a robot dog known as "Digidog." "This dog is going to ...

Scientists have trained a four-legged robot to play badminton against a human opponent, and it scuttles across the court to play rallies of up to 10 shots. By combining whole-body movements with ...

BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China's state-owned defense giant Norinco in February unveiled a military vehicle capable of autonomously conducting combat-support operations at 50 kilometres per hour.

I personally am very excited about the prospects brought about by the evolution of robots and artificial intelligence. It is, in my view, the natural path any advanced civilization should follow as it ...

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