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One Per Cent

One Per Cent

25 June 2014

Real recoil from Oculus Rift "gun", this a job for danger drone, I spy a nosy neighbour


Harvey, the robot farmer fixing the US labour shortage

Harvey, the robot farmer fixing the US labour shortage

18 June 2014

It's getting harder to find people to work on farms in the US – robo-farmers are shifting plants and could soon be picking strawberries in their place


Methane leak? Robot sniffer dog is on the case

Methane leak? Robot sniffer dog is on the case

4 June 2014

Gasbot and machines like it could one day be used to sniff out dangerous emissions in landfills, mines and even city streets


Drone law: Flying into a legal twilight zone

Drone law: Flying into a legal twilight zone

14 May 2014

You can buy a drone in a toy store and they're all over YouTube – but US law still doesn't know what to do with them


Flying 3D printer could seal off nuclear waste

Flying 3D printer could seal off nuclear waste

7 May 2014

An autonomous mini-helicopter can smother a container with foam before a second lifts it out of hard-to-reach spots


Armed Russian robocops to defend missile bases

Armed Russian robocops to defend missile bases

23 April 2014

Russia is using gun-toting robot sentries to defend its army bases and shoot intruders


Command a glowing robot horde to do your bidding

Command a glowing robot horde to do your bidding

10 April 2014

Squadrons of scurrying "pixelbots" swarm into shapes based on your gestures or what you draw on a tablet


Facebook drones alone won't help the offline world

Facebook drones alone won't help the offline world

12 March 2014

Big tech firms like Facebook and Google want to bring the internet to the poor world, but their high-flying access points can be only part of the solution


Robots with human-like brains to take on Mars unaided

Robots with human-like brains to take on Mars unaided

19 February 2014

Processors used in gaming and supercomputers could give robots much more human-like minds, enabling them to navigate the skies and explore Mars autonomously


Elephants and rhinos benefit from drone surveillance

Elephants and rhinos benefit from drone surveillance

14 February 2014

Drones are an effective way of catching wildlife criminals in the act, concludes the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism after tests


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