robots

On rocky outcrops 6,000 feet up Mount Hood’s ski slopes, Spirit the robot took one small step for robots, one giant leap for science.

Researchers at Oregon State University have built a device that communicates with winery pests using vibrations. The treehopper spreads devastating red blotch disease through vineyards in the Pacific Northwest, but it appears the insects can’t resist the vibrational calls that are reproduced by the “Pied Piper” robot.

Artificial intelligence is all the rage, and now it’s helping some Pacific Northwest seniors live in their own homes for longer. Twenty grandmas and grandpas on the Washington coast joined a pilot project that is trialing how AI-driven companion robots could reduce loneliness and social isolation among seniors —especially those living alone.

Feeling pressure from labor shortages, some farmers are betting on robots to be the fruit pickers of the future.

As part of their 150th Anniversary Celebration, Oregon State University is hosting a free, day-long symposium Tuesday on “the promise and peril of…

An epic, worldwide battle of robots has drawn local high schoolers to Texas. KLCC’s Brian Bull caught up with one robotics team as it prepared to leave…