New footage shows an expressionless iRonCub MK3 robot taking off using four thrusters — two where its arms should be and two in a jetpack on its back.

RonCub is a flying robot from Italy. It uses jet engines and smart planning. The team tests it in real life and in wind tunnels. This robot could soon help in disaster zones or repairs where people ...

Scientists unveiled the first-ever flying humanoid robot, a machine with a baby face capable of vertical liftoff and built to assist.

Italian engineers have been working on a humanoid robot for emergency response applications. The iRonCub3 has jets on its ...

For a long time, science fiction has teased us with images of humanoid robots flying through the air like superheroes in ...

“Testing these robots is as fascinating as it is dangerous, and there is no room for improvisation,” says Daniele Pucci, one of the scientists involved in the iCub project.

<p>iCub robot, a hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, is seen at the INSERM institute in Bron, near Lyon, southeastern France, August 31, 2009.

Engineered for extreme environments iRonCub3 is based on the third generation of the iCub humanoid robot and is teleoperated. It carries four jet engines, two on its arms and two on a backpack unit.

A jet-powered humanoid robot has been developed by Italian researchers in a "groundbreaking" milestone for <a href="/products/183/Control-Automation">robotics.<br /><br /> ...

On top of the robot, Ma’s team fitted an arm with several degrees of freedom produced by another ETH Zürich spinoff called Duatic. This is what would hold and swing a badminton racket.

Tenniix the AI tennis robot offers personalized practice with speeds up to 75 mph, 5,000 RPM spin and over 1,000 training drills across three skill levels, all controlled by voice or smartphone app.

Bipedal, humanoid robots from companies like Boston Dynamics seemingly advance by the week, but they still can’t match their most audacious sci-fi inspirations. One of the major barriers they ...