Robotics

First Lady Melania Trump walks with a humanoid robot in the White House.

First Lady Melania Trump arrives with humanoid robot at tech summit

The robot made an appearance with First Lady Melania Trump at the White House. Trump is hosting a summit on AI, education, and protecting kids in digital spaces.

3 days ago

7 days ago

A close up picture of a robot hand picking a bright red strawberry while a man with a yellow shirt watches in the background

Fruit-picking robot wins national award

The robots can pick, weigh and harvest strawberries in a matter of seconds.

7 days ago

20 Mar 2026

See inside a warehouse where 100 robots move stock

They zip around autonomously, climbing shelves more than 12m (39ft) high and delivering stock.

20 Mar 2026

19 Mar 2026

Diana Kovacs looking down the camera, standing inside a warehouse. She is wearing a yellow, high visibility gilet, over a while shirt and light brown knitted tank top. She is smiling, showing her teeth. He long, wavy brown hair falls over one of her shoulders on the right of the image. She is holding a pair of trainers, wrapped in a cellophane bag. Next to her is a cardboard box, at about chest height. The box is sitting on top of a small robot, with another robot queuing up behind, also carrying a box. Further in the background are other workstations and shelving holding other boxes.

Robots trebled one warehouse's efficiency - what did it mean for jobs?

They can lift heavy boxes and climb shelves 12m high but will they put humans out of work?

19 Mar 2026

13 Mar 2026

A group of school pupils wearing archaeology outfits – light brown shirts, trousers and hats, stand by a table as their Lego robot completes a series of challenges. A judge from the Royal Navy is watching on. Lots of other scholochildren and adults are standing behind them.

Pupils use Lego robots to solve engineering tasks

As part of a competition, they had to build robots them use them to complete missions on a game table.

13 Mar 2026

6 Mar 2026

Undated handout photo issued by CERN of the Large Hadron Collider Atlas detector whilst under construction.

Robot 'mice' developed to inspect hadron collider

The UK Atomic Energy Authority developed the robot with the European nuclear research centre, Cern.

6 Mar 2026

Doctor sits looking into a white box whilst another man sits in front of two screens showing the surgery from two different angles.

Surgeon's op on patient 1,500 miles away a UK first

The milestone procedure went well, with patient Paul Buxton saying he felt "fantastic".

6 Mar 2026

5 Mar 2026

A Just Eat-branded orange and white delivery robot crossing a pedestrian crossing. It has six wheels and a pole reaching out from the top with an orange flag on the top.

Self-driving delivery robots rolled out

Sunderland residents welcome a trial of self-driving robots delivering food.

5 Mar 2026

Peter Richardson, from Koji, kneels next to the white-and-orange branded robotic vehicle, which has a black pole with an orange flag on top. He is outside the restaurant on High Street West, and in the background is another robotic vehicle.

Will food delivery robots help or hinder workers?

A major online food retailer has started trialling self-driving robots to deliver meals in Sunderland.

5 Mar 2026

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