Forget Smarter AI, This Robot Thinks Presence Is the Point
We keep building AI to do more. More answers, more speed, more certainty. Designer Mehrnaz Amouei looked at that trajectory and asked a fundamentally different…
Robots
What If Your Drink Could Fly Itself Across the Room to You
Smart home technology has reshaped how we think about convenience, but most of it still assumes you’re the one who has to reach for things….
A Rolling Home Robot That Recognizes Faces and Detects Falls for $549
Smart home devices have gotten remarkably good at answering questions and playing music, but they’ve always had one big limitation: they stay put. A speaker…
Samsung Design’s Milan 2026 AI Sphere Lifts Its Face Like It’s Alive
Smart home devices have come a long way from the plain white boxes we once hid behind sofas. Voice assistants sit openly on shelves now,…
Your Voice Wearable and Robot Hear the Words Mute People Can’t Say
For most people, saying something as simple as “good morning” to a stranger or asking for directions takes no effort at all. For the tens…
This $349 NASA Mars Perseverance Rover Kit Lets You Build an AI-Powered Mars Robot at Home
NASA spent $2.7 billion building Perseverance and getting it to Mars. CircuitMess will sell you a buildable, functional, AI-capable replica for $309, and you get…
RAI’s Roadrunner wheeled robot can roll and walk with effortless precision
RAI (Robotics and AI) Institute has built a new bipedal-wheeled robot prototype that gives us a glimpse of what versatile legs with efficient wheels can…
Meet the Electronic Dolphin, the Mini Robot That Cleans Oil Spills With Urchin-inspired Filters
A sneaker-sized robot developed at RMIT University in Australia is making a compelling case for rethinking how humanity responds to one of the ocean’s most…
5 Wildest Design Trends at MWC 2026: Nodding Phones and Tiny Robots
Every year, MWC arrives with the promise of seeing the future of mobile technology, or at least a very expensive approximation of it. The 2026…
Samsung’s Mini PetBot Gives AI a Face So It Feels Less Cold
Talking to AI still feels a bit strange for a lot of people. You type into a chat box or ask a question into empty…
Yanko Design’s Best of MWC 2026: When Engineering Gets Obsessive
Every year, MWC arrives like a controlled flood of announcements, each one louder than the last. Cameras with more megapixels, batteries with bigger numbers, screens…
Lenovo’s AI Desk Robot Has Eyes, Moves, and Watches You Work
There’s a specific kind of loneliness that comes with working alone all day. Not the dramatic kind, just the low-grade awareness that every question you…