Normally, you’d expect robots to steal people’s jobs. Or in the case of an Alaskan robot disguised as a fox, steal wild animals’ jobs. But it looks like some Russian surveillance drones are getting ...

German defense technology startup SWARM Biotactics has deployed programmable cyborg insect swarms for paying ...

Amazon is spending copious amounts of money looking for ways to automate labor currently done by human workers. The company is hoping to replace more than half a million jobs with robots by 2033, as ...

The neurotech CEO says his cyborg pigeons are just the first step toward creating a new human species called Homo superior.

For thousands of years, humans have trained pigeons to race, deliver messages and “spy behind enemy lines”, said Bloomberg. “What would happen if people could bypass the training and steer their bird ...

China’s Kestrel Defense has introduced a new powered exoskeleton suit designed to improve the endurance, mobility, and situational awareness of soldiers who operate drones and battlefield systems.

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