Tomshardware American factory worker Robert Williams became the first human to be killed by a robot on this day in 1979 — man crushed by a robot’s mechanical arm at the Ford plant in Flat Rock 2026年1月26日 00:22 Today marks the anniversary of what is widely regarded to be the first death of a human caused by a robot.
Tomshardware World’s smallest autonomous robots are 'smaller than a grain of salt,' cost one penny apiece — researchers expect new micron-scale fully-programmable robots to be used in medicine, microscale manufacturing, and other areas 2025年12月29日 00:57 Fully programmable, autonomous robots 'smaller than a grain of salt' have been developed by research teams from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan.
Tomshardware Robots fashioned from dead lobster exoskeletons have awesome strength, light weight, and flexibility — necrobotics advance mixes sustainable food waste with synthetic components 2025年12月26日 19:30 Swiss scientists have demonstrated the use of dead lobster tails as robotic appendages.
Tomshardware Elon Musk's Optimus boast in doubt as humanoid robot production plans halted — Telsa’s projections for 10,000 robots in 2025 cast into doubt, according to supply chain sources 2025年7月5日 00:06 China-tech industry sources allege that 'unresolved hardware challenges,' will mean Optimus design changes. © Optimus social media