video Watch a translucent gel robot catch and release a live fish Andrea James

Science 3D printing blends rigid and soft to improve robot performance Andrea James

robots Weird SPAM-colored soft robot moves like a zombie hot dog Andrea James

art Computer finds faces in grains of sand David Pescovitz

coronavirus Baseball stadium invites dancing robots to mask eerie emptiness during game Carla Sinclair

Business Amazon to enforce social distancing in warehouses with AI surveillance software 'Distance Assistant' Xeni Jardin

animals Dogs will obey commands from social robots David Pescovitz

social distancing Why is everyone suddenly baking bread? I think I know Gareth Branwyn

Gadgets Let a bunch of robots help you get your house cleaned while you are stuck at home Boing Boing's Shop

music This robot plays the marimba and writes and sings its own songs David Pescovitz

Gadgets Become a master of Raspberry Pi and Arduino with the help of this training Boing Boing's Shop

robots Watch Japan's first robot bartender mix and serve a cocktail Carla Sinclair

Technology Pizza-making robot startup lays off 80% of staff Xeni Jardin

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

Weird North Carolina couple call cops on midnight intruder that turns out to be their robot vacuum Xeni Jardin

books A profile of Cliff "Cuckoo's Egg" Stoll, a pioneering "hacker hunter" Cory Doctorow

security Model stealing, rewarding hacking and poisoning attacks: a taxonomy of machine learning's failure modes Cory Doctorow

3d printing Robot millipede printed by 3D printer that can spew out multiple materials David Pescovitz

Gadgets The robot vacuum can map your house with incredible accuracy Boing Boing's Shop

police Drone detectives to identify evidence and create immersive simulations of crime scenes David Pescovitz