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New robots, AI breakthroughs, and engineering stories written so kids and parents can actually follow them. No jargon, no hype. We pick the stories worth knowing about each week and explain what happened, why it matters, and what your child might find interesting about it. If a walking robot fell over on live television, we'll tell you about that too.

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The Robot That Thinks With Its Legs

A soft-bodied robot made from elastic tubes can walk, hop, and swim, powered by nothing but air. No computer, no sensors, no code. Scientists at AMOLF in Amsterdam built it, and the physics behind it started with those wobbling inflatable tube men outside car dealerships.

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The Robot That Folds Your Towels (Slowly, and With Help)

Six companies launched home robots in 2025. They can fold towels, load dishwashers, and sort laundry. They also can't close an oven door, handle sharp objects, or work unsupervised. The living room robot is finally real. It just needs a bit of help.

The Robot That Solves a Rubik's Cube Before You Can Blink

The Robot That Solves a Rubik's Cube Before You Can Blink

A Rubik's Cube, fully scrambled, solved in 0.103 seconds. Not by engineers at a major corporation, but by four undergraduates at Purdue University. Their robot solves the cube before you can blink. What does "solving" mean when the solver has no experience of the puzzle?

The Country Building Robots Faster Than Anyone Expected

The Country Building Robots Faster Than Anyone Expected

The robot stands 1.73 metres tall and weighs 75 kg. Its body has 29 degrees of freedom, with seven in each hand. The T800 is a good conversation starter about the difference between what a robot can do in a controlled demo and what it can reliably do in the real world.

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A Robot Made a Portrait. It Sold for $1 Million

A robot named Ai-Da sold a painting at Sotheby's for $1.08 million - six times the estimate. The subject? Alan Turing, the man whose ideas made AI possible. Can a robot be creative? That's exactly the question worth asking your kids in this AI age

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The Machine That Watches the Referee

The machine doesn't argue. It doesn't gesture. It just watches and when you tap your helmet, it tells you whether the referee got it right. Baseball is the latest sport to hand technology a seat at the table. Here's what that means for all of us.

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The Robot That Fits on a Fingerprint

Researchers have built the world's smallest programmable robots- smaller than a grain of salt. They swim, sense temperature, and communicate by dancing. For kids who've ever asked how small a robot can get, this is the answer. At least for now.