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It’s difficult to spy on shy creatures in their natural habitats, whether it be in the deep sea, or in the trees. Now, however, thanks to animatronic drones and robots, people are able to safely ...

New footage from an undercover robot baby gorilla has given filmmakers a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of a pack of Ugandan Silverback Mountain gorillas. The gorillas were caught on camera as ...

‘Spy in the Wild” is about the kind of spying that uncovers only heartwarming secrets, good news, admirable behavior. All of its undercover work is done by animatronic cameras disguised as animals: ...

Be careful: Hackers might be watching through your vacuum. Well, they could if you own the Diqee Camera Robotic Vacuum Cleaner, which is made and sold in China. It touts features like an HD 360-degree ...

The US Navy is funding the development of a new super-surveillance system that uses robots to snoop on humans in terrifying detail. It has handed a $1.7 million grant to researchers from Cornell ...

Anyone who remembers the Futurama episode “Birdbot of Ice-Catraz” knows that having a penguin-like robot hang out with penguins can be dicey. But because this is real life (and Bender wasn’t involved) ...

Researchers have demonstrated how easy it is to hack consumer and industrial robots to do everything from spy to injure in the hopes of waking up vendors that dismiss security in their product cycles.

There are hidden camera shows... and then there are hidden camera shows with Michael Gambon involved. E4's new series Bad Robots, which kicks off next week, is the second sort. The programme sees ...