
Submarine-hunting drones take off and land on water vertically
6 April 2016
Solar-powered and equipped with sonar, a new breed of marine drone that can operate even in stormy weather may soon be used by the US navy to scan the seas

6 April 2016
Solar-powered and equipped with sonar, a new breed of marine drone that can operate even in stormy weather may soon be used by the US navy to scan the seas

4 April 2016
UNICEF is testing a machine learning system to boost the quantity and quality of health advice provided via a popular text-based service in Zambia and Uganda

30 March 2016
From mechanical lifeguards to aerial drones, robots are already helping save lives. It's time they took their place in the rescuer's toolbox, argues Robin Murphy

2 March 2016
Humanoid robot walks over slippery ground and Facebook's AI hits the books

1 March 2016
Art shows about surveillance are a dime a dozen in New York, but this exhibition by film-maker Laura Poitras goes for the jugular, finds Brendan Byrne

24 February 2016
Facebook’s incredible mapping feat shows that neural networks are starting to do serious volumes of work seriously fast. Here’s why it matters

24 February 2016
Will a rise in anti-submarine drones mean it's game over for Earth’s best hiding place for a nuclear deterrent as critics claim, wonders David Hambling

19 February 2016
A new wing design for small flying vehicles takes inspiration from bats to improve flight efficiency

17 February 2016
Drone forecasters follow the storm, will machines make us idle? and super-speedy home broadband, yes, really

15 February 2016
Drones that can collect valuable weather data on their own could deliver the daily forecast during severe storms