Tech startup Bumblebee Spaces is freeing up floorspace in small apartments with robotic furniture that drops from the ceiling and is controlled by an AI "butler". More about AI-controlled robotic ceiling furniture creates extra space for tiny homes
British set designer Es Devlin has been chosen to create the UK Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, with a performative structure that will use artificial intelligence to write poems. More about Es Devlin to design interactive Poem Pavilion for Dubai Expo 2020
Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made a blind robot that moves by feeling, without the need for sensors and cameras. More about MIT's blind Cheetah 3 robot can navigate without sensors or cameras
Toymaker The Crafty Robot has launched a crowdfunding campaign for its latest design — a DIY robot that can follow you around the house and bring you drinks. More about Smartibot kit turns any household object into an AI-enhanced robot
UK studio Seymourpowell has designed a concept for a cosmetics service that would curate the perfect products based on artificial intelligence and user data. More about Seymourpowell's concept uses AI to decide your skincare routine
More than 50 leading academics working in the field of robotics have called for a boycott of a South Korean university, over concerns about its partnership with a defence company to develop autonomous arms. More about AI experts condemn development of "killer robots" in South Korea
Architecture firm A+I has expanded the Lower Manhattan offices of ad agency Horizon Media, creating a variety of spaces that range from private phone booths to a break room that can accommodate up to 300 people. More about Manhattan offices by A+I offer range of working spaces for collaboration
Shared workspaces within the offices of advertising agency Canvas have partitions made of dichroic glass, which change colour when viewed from different angles. More about A+I uses coloured glass walls to define workspaces for LA ad agency
Sony has unveiled a new version of the robot dog it killed off over a decade ago – and it now comes with artificial intelligence. More about Sony uses artificial intelligence to bring Aibo robot dog back to life
Robots may outnumber humans in a new pioneering city billed by Saudi Arabia as "a new blueprint for sustainable life", which would be entirely powered by renewable energy, and served by driverless vehicles and vertical farms. More about Saudi Arabia to invest 0 billion in fully automated city spanning three countries
Saudi Arabia has officially recognised a humanoid robot as a citizen, marking the first time in history that an AI device has been awarded such status. More about Saudi Arabia becomes first country to grant citizenship to a robot
One of the engineers behind Google's self-driving car has established a nonprofit religious corporation with one main aim – to create a deity with artificial intelligence. More about Ex-Google engineer establishes new religion with ambition to develop an AI god
Google has launched a new hands-free camera named Clips, which uses artificial intelligence
More than 100 leaders in the field of robotics have signed an open letter calling on the United Nations to prevent a global arms race in autonomous lethal weapons. More about Elon Musk among tech leaders urging ban on killer robots
As automation places millions of us at risk of losing our jobs, now is the time to rethink how humans and robots will coexist on this planet, says designer Madeline Gannon in this Opinion column. More about "How do you avoid a robot apocalypse?"
A group of design graduates and coders have created a spoof version of Dezeen that uses artificial intelligence to write comments about projects. More about Dezeen Bot List generates fake design discussions as "a comment on commenting"
Chinese brand Nio has announced it will bring a fully autonomous electric car to the market in the next three years, but has offered a preview of its plans with a concept vehicle on show at the SXSW event in Texas. More about Nio launches driverless electric car concept – and plans to make it reality by 2020
Goodyear has updated its spherical tyres for self-driving cars, adding a "bionic skin" of sensors that reads the road and adapts to suit different terrains. More about Goodyear's spherical tyres shape-shift to suit different terrains
Yves Béhar's studio Fuseproject worked with robotics company Cobalt to create this robot security guard, designed to be in "stark contrast to the Hollywood dystopian Robocop". More about Yves Béhar creates unthreatening design for Cobalt security robot
Self-driving cars will need to "build up a relationship" with their occupants to reassure them that they are safe, according to BMW board director Peter Schwarzenbauer. More about BMW working with psychologists to help robot cars befriend passengers