Scientists over at Harvard have created something very, very interesting: a squishy little robot able to soldier through stuff that'd cause its larger, harder kin to simply shut down. Not only that, it's air-powered, and enjoys a freedom of motion most can only dream of. Awesome, right?

Today, Dyson unveiled The Dyson 360 Eye; the result of millions of dollars of investment and sixteen years of research. It's one of the most powerful robot vacuums every created, and is equipped with a 360 degree camera and a suite of advanced sensors. Looks like Roombas just became obsolete.

NASA's Swarmies look more like toys than space robots. You'd be forgiven for thinking there isn't much to them - though you'd be wrong. Connected to one another by a sort of wireless 'group mind;' these little 'bots could very well serve as the vanguard of interstellar exploration.

According to Engineered Arts founder Will Jackson, his company originally set out to make an automated presenter. Somewhere along the line, that changed. Now, the engineering firm is well on its way to making a fully-functional entertainment bot - and also the most human-like commercial robot yet.

Today, the world of food crossed the point of no return - the point at which hand-made and machine-made become indistinguishable. For this, you can thank Unifiller, an insidious organization that crafts tools to make baking easier. The fiends have designed a robot that decorates cakes. Diabolical.

Yesterday, three weeks after setting out from Halifax, Hitchbot completed its cross-country journey in Victoria, BC - surprisingly still in one piece. Designed as an experiment in robot-human interaction, the little machine was sent to hitchhike from one end of the country to the other.

This just in: engineers have designed a robot that's capable of adjusting to a broken leg. Using, as they put it, "intelligent trial and error," they've developed a droid that learned how to walk two minutes after losing one of its limbs. For the world of adaptive robotics, this is pretty huge.

Octopi are kind of known to be the world's greatest escape artists. Thanks to the flexibility of their rubbery body, they can squeeze through even the tightest opening. Now, researchers at Italy's Biorobotics Institute have invented a robot that does the same. It's called PoseiDrone.

Here's something that sounds like it was pulled straight out of a science fiction novel: a robotic, completely-artificial plant which is capable of growth; the closest to artificial life we've ever come. Don't scoff - there's a team of researchers in Italy this very moment trying to make it a reality.