A fleet of balloon robots has been launched to capture high-resolution aerial images of the US. Near Space Labs, a US-based startup, aims to use these stratospheric robots to monitor and assess ...

Onlookers at a tech event watched BALLU, a bipedal balloon robot, walk across the room. Its inventor says the robot "can literally walk on water and walk on a tight rope” and cannot fall down.

Engineers are still struggling with basics like giving robots hands that don't crush everything they touch, or making bodies ...

One small step for man, and one giant leap for robot kind! Meet BALU, the walkin', hoppin' stumblin' balloon. The tech event took place in Long Beach, California.

BALLU, the bipedal balloon robot can walk on water or a tightrope BALLU is a bipedal balloon robot that cannot fall down, according to its inventor, however it is not suitable for outdoor use because ...

Teens competed at Oak Ridge Associated Universities with robots programmed to "seek and destroy" balloons. The robots rolled toward the balloons and popped them using devices that stuck out either out ...

Mars gets a lot of attention from earthlings these days, but recently Venus is coming under the spotlight, with NASA, its European counterpart ESA, and New Zealand spaceflight company Rocket Lab all ...

The personal robot may not just be for vacuuming much longer. A report from ABI Research is predicting that by the year 2015, people will probably be willing to spend as much for a multitasking ...

Balloon robot walks across room at tech event Onlookers at a tech event watched BALLU, a bipedal balloon robot, walk across the room. Its inventor says the robot "can literally walk on water and walk ...