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The future of Autonomous Robots

  • 62articles
  • 2016first covered
  • 14 Feb 2026latest update
  • 3linked technologies

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All 62 articles on Autonomous Robots

  1. Russian soliders surrender to Ukrainian gun totting robot in a world firstSecurity and privacy
  2. Senior Pentagon officials reveal new autonomous killer robot policyRobotics
  3. A fully autonomous robot dentist just completed its first human procedureRobotics
  4. Elon Musk’s Neuralink outfit has implanted its first brain chip in a humanBiotech and enhanced humans
  5. Amazon’s new humanoid robots get busy helping humans in the warehouseRobotics
  6. The toughest known structure ever has been discovered by a robot labRobotics
  7. DeepMind’s RobotCat AI generates its own data to learn new skills by itselfAI and intelligence
  8. The world’s first tunnel dug by an autonomous robot swarm was just completed in the UKRobotics
  9. Tiny autonomous brainy robots get ready to explore your body from withinRobotics
  10. Boston Dynamics’ robot dog gets busy herding New Zealand sheepRobotics
  11. Researchers show off transformer-like robots that change shape without central controlRobotics
  12. Volkswagen envision a future where autonomous robots charge your EVRobotics
  13. US Army explores the use of shape shifting robots for 2040Robotics
  14. Synthetic proteins with “unlimited potential” usher in new era of smart cell therapiesBiotech and enhanced humans
  15. First spacecraft piloted by a humanoid robot docks with ISSSpace
  16. Fully autonomous raspberry picking robot successfully completes field trialsRobotics
  17. Elon Musk unveils Neuralink’s brain implants that will help humans merge with AIBiotech and enhanced humans
  18. World’s first autonomous robot completes its journey inside the human bodyRobotics
  19. A US start up has created the world’s first fully autonomous vertical farmRobotics
  20. DARPA announces plans to build conscious robots using insect brainsAI and intelligence
  21. World first as Japanese rovers relay incredible photos from distant ancient asteroidSpace
  22. A robot taught itself how to identify and manipulate objects autonomouslyRobotics
  23. Canada ends its three year Universal Basic Income trial two years earlyRobotics
  24. Ocado shows off the world’s most advanced automated warehouseRobotics
  25. Rolls Royce is building cockroach like robots and snakes to fix airplane enginesRobotics
  26. Scientists put a worms mind into a Lego robot to control it, and it workedRobotics
  27. Robots in extreme environments, going where no human can, or wants to goRobotics
  28. Nvidia unveil Isaac, a virtual simulator to help companies create advanced robotsRobotics
  29. EU law makers are thinking of letting people sue robotsRobotics
  30. World’s most advanced humanoid robot, ATLAS, goes for a run in the parkRobotics
  31. Vertical farms edge closer to disrupting traditional agricultureEarth and energy
  32. Las Vegas goes high tech with cocktail mixing robotsRobotics
  33. The robots of the future might not have a brainRobotics
  34. World’s first DNA robots successfully move and deliver molecule sized cargoRobotics
  35. Researchers have taught robots to predict the consequences of their future actionsRobotics
  36. DeepMind unveils the world’s first test to assess dangerous AI’s and algorithmsSecurity and privacy
  37. World first as drones and robots plant, tend and harvest their own cropsRobotics
  38. Robo-evolution in action, researchers unveil self-healing transformer robotsRobotics
  39. World’s first autonomous robot Dentist implants two teeth into a patientRobotics
  40. World first as AI and Blockchain come together to boost “Robot Intelligence”AI and intelligence
  41. Farmers in the future will “shepherd herds of robots”Robotics
  42. South Korea introduces the world’s first “Robot Tax”Robotics
  43. Self-evolving killer robots are almost here, and experts want a debateSecurity and privacy
  44. UN cancels crucial 2017 debate on autonomous warfare because Brazil owes it moneySecurity and privacy
  45. The Future of Minds and Machines | IAICC, Dubai | Innovation Keynote SpeakerArticles
  46. Dubai’s first Robocop starts active dutyRobotics
  47. Meet the new harvesting robots that can pick 10,000 apples an hourRobotics
  48. Amazon is on track be the world’s first fully automated fulfilment companyRobotics
  49. Robots are taking over and automating the world’s minesRobotics
  50. Locus’s new robots learn to navigate warehouses by themselvesRobotics
  51. Warehouse robot’s upgrade helps it pick goods at human speedRobotics
  52. Domino’s to start robo-deliveries in GermanyTransport and mobility
  53. Dubai will start replacing real police officers with robo-cops in MayRobotics
  54. Disney hopes children will love its new autonomous story-telling robotsAI and intelligence
  55. So long Asimov’s Laws, say hello to the 23 Laws of RoboticsRobotics
  56. Norwegian robot learns to self-evolve and 3D print itself in the labRobotics
  57. Europe will debate robot rights, ethics and AI kill switches in FebruaryRobotics
  58. New EU report recommends Universal Basic Income for all 27 member statesRobotics
  59. Robots to get legal recognition as Europe votes to classify them as ‘Electronic persons’Robotics
  60. 1.2 million jobs to vanish as Foxconn unveils plans for fully autonomous factoriesIndustry and manufacturing
  61. Velodyne’s new miniature LiDAR means many more autonomous thingsAI and intelligence
  62. NASA demos RASSOR their “Blue collar” robot that will mine Mars for rocket fuelSpace

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311 Institute has published 62 articles about Autonomous Robots since 2016, most recently on 14 February 2026.

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