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Al Shahaniya camel racetrack.
Ash-Shahaniyah, Qatar

Al Shahaniya Camel Racetrack

Robot jockeys ride their humped mounts to victory as part of a 21st-century twist on an ancient desert sport.
Stare into the face of the future.
robots

The Week In... Robots!

All the robot stories you may have missed over the past seven days.
Eric Grundhauser November 17, 2017
Behold the wonders of the Space Age Museum!
retrofuturistic

Inside Connecticut's Secret Museum of Retro-Future Oddities

Robots, rockets, and UFOs are all hiding in a quaint New England barn.
Eric Grundhauser November 13, 2017
"Shelley" is an artificial intelligence bot who writes stories inspired by a subreddit of aspiring horror writers.
31 days of halloween

An Artificial Intelligence Bot Writes Stories of the Macabre

"Shelley" conjures tales of disembodied mouths, surprise male pregnancies, and a house full of dolls.
Natasha Frost October 30, 2017
Ready to destroy.
robots

Finally, We Get to Watch 16-Foot-Tall Robots Battle It Out in Real Life

The waiting is the hardest part.
Eric Grundhauser October 18, 2017
science

An Eel-Inspired Robot Is Scientists' Newest Pollution-Sniffer

It swims, it slithers, and it samples.
Kelsey Kennedy September 27, 2017
Let's not put a gun in these hands.
robots

Tech Leaders Ask the UN to Outlaw Robot Weapons

Let's try not to automate our own destruction.
Eric Grundhauser August 21, 2017
DANCE! DANCE! DANCE!
world record

Here's 1,069 Robots Dancing in Unison

They set a new world record.
Eric Grundhauser August 18, 2017
High Rock Tower against a blue sky
Lynn, Massachusetts

High Rock Tower

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.
RIP Steve the Security Bot.
robots

The Memorial Honoring the Robot That Drowned Itself

RIP Steve.
Eric Grundhauser July 19, 2017
The deathstalker scorpion's venom is used to identify brain tumor cells.
science

The World Now Has a Scorpion-Milking Robot

Extracting venom for medical research just got a whole lot safer and easier.
Kelsey Kennedy July 3, 2017
cars

This Bizarre 1911 Film Warns of the Perils of Self-Driving Cars

Robot chauffeurs will truly take you out of this world.
Michael Waters June 16, 2017
bookstores

In 1964, You Could Buy Magazines From a Street Dalek

Your new favorite traveling bookseller.
Michael Waters June 12, 2017
London, England

‘Monument to the Unknown Artist’

The London statue that imitates passersby.
BlessU-2, in a slightly more threatening pose, smile notwithstanding.
robots

In Germany, You Can Get Blessed by a New Robot Priest

BlessU-2 is meant to be controversial.
Cara Giaimo May 30, 2017
That's "robot cop," not "robocop."
robots

Dubai Has Unveiled the First Robot Cop

I'd buy that for a dollar!
Eric Grundhauser May 24, 2017
A robotic falcon prepares for takeoff.
animals

Robo-Falcons Will Soon Patrol Edmonton International Airport

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... a robotic bird protecting planes!
Cara Giaimo May 11, 2017
Animatronic LBJ tells stories and makes jokes
Austin, Texas

Animatronic Lyndon Baines Johnson

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.