This gecko-inspired robot could finally help us clean up space – Wired.co.uk

"What we've developed is a gripper that uses gecko-inspired adhesives," said Mark Cutkosky, professor of mechanical engineering and senior author of a paper describing the robot. His research ...
Want to get rid of space trash? This gecko-inspired robot may do the ...The Verge
Gecko-inspired robot has grippers that could clean up space junkNew Scientist
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The World’s Cutest Robot Now Teaches You to Code – WIRED

Straight out of the box, Anki's adorable robot Cozmo plays games, fist bumps, and uses its big, blue digital eyes to convey convincing emotional range. And its brain uses machine learning, so it gets ...
Anki's Cozmo robot now has a visual programming mode to teach kids to codeThe Verge
Anki's adorable toy robot Cozmo is back, and programmableCNET
Anki's cute Cozmo robot can teach kids how to codeEngadget
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Should robot artists be given copyright protection?

When a group of museums and researchers in the Netherlands unveiled a portrait entitled The Next Rembrandt, it was something of a tease to the art world. It wasn't a long lost painting but a new artwork generated by a computer that had analysed thousands of works by the 17th-century Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.