About 130 years ago, the job of pianist was automated when Edwin Votey created the first player piano. The machine worked by reading music that was encoded by holes punched into rolls of paper, which ...

VIDEO: Standard Bank ‘sparks curiosity’ with new humanoid bot By Simnikiwe Mzekandaba, IT in government editorJohannesburg, 11 Mar 2026Named Kukura, the programmable humanoid robot says its role is to ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined ...

Movie buffs and collectors alike have long been captivated by the iconic objects that appear in legendary films. However, ...

Ukrainians find calm in sunrise piano concert. . To the soft sound of a piano, hundreds of Odesa residents gathered by the ...

While cats are not listening to classical music the same way we do, they respond positively to it. Classical music often uses the same tempo as a purr, which mimics the pitch range of feline ...

A humanoid Nasa robot being prepared for Mars will return to the US after a decade at a Scottish university. The robot, named Valkyrie, is 1.8 metres tall, weighs 125kg, and is one of three prototypes ...

The first UK remote robotic surgery has been hailed as a “milestone” by medics. A surgeon in London operated on a patient with prostate cancer who was some 2,400km away in Gibraltar. The pioneering ...

Students presented projects at the 70th Greater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair last week. Here, we highlight a few.

BEIJING — China’s most-watched TV show, the annual CCTV Spring Festival gala, on Monday showcased the country’s cutting-edge industrial policy and Beijing’s push to dominate humanoid robots and the ...

Folks, it finally happened: they gave a robot a sword. Over the past few years, engineers have often used dancing and martial arts to showcase their humanoid robots. Now to ring in the Chinese New ...

The Mexican city of Guadalupe, which will host portions of the 2026 World Cup, recently showed off four new robot dogs that will help provide security during matches at BBVA Stadium. The “K9-X” unit ...