Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed his concept for an autonomous robotic cafe and bar that would make on-demand cocktails for city-dwellers wherever they are. More about Carlo Ratti designs driverless robotic bar called Guido
Brazilian start-up Hoobox Robotics has collaborated with Intel to produce an adapter kit that allows almost any electric wheelchair to be controlled by the user's facial expressions. More about Hoobox launches first wheelchair controlled by facial expressions
A humanoid robot on its way to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been "hit and destroyed" by a self-driving Tesla. More about Robot run over by self-driving Tesla on way to CES in Las Vegas
Female-led sex toy startup Lora DiCarlo is accusing the Consumer Electronics Show of sexism, after organisers revoked an innovation award from its hands-free robotic massager, then banned the product for being "immoral". More about Lora DiCarlo's robotic sex toy Osé sparks gender bias claims at CES
South Korean carmaker Hyundai has revealed its concept for a vehicle with robotic legs that could save lives as a first responder in natural disaster zones. More about Hyundai unveils walking concept car Elevate
In the post-digital age, architects will be designing in code and robots will be constructing our buildings, says Owen Hopkins. More about "Post-digital architecture will be rough, provisional and crafted by robots"
Natural and digital systems could be blended together to create new kinds of electronic devices, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher Harpreet Sareen, who has built a robot controlled by a plant. More about MIT "cyborg botany" researcher builds plant-robot hybrid called Elowan
Robots are programmed with traits such as impatience and confidence in an installation by designer Madeline Gannon, whose work explores the potential for humans and machines to live harmoniously. More about Madeline Gannon's "quirky" robots move together like a pack of animals
Dezeen promotion: École des Ponts ParisTech is now accepting applications for its Design by Data masters programme, where architects, designers and engineers push the bounds of new technologies. More about École des Ponts ParisTech's Design by Data programme fosters innovation in robotics education
Archi-Union Architects has completed a conference centre on Shanghai's West Bund in just 100 days, using robot-assisted design and construction. More about Archi-Union uses "cyborg fabrication" to build Venue B conference centre in 100 days
Dutch design studios BCXSY and Atelier Robotiq have collaborated to create a lamp with a disorderly pattern that is meant to suggest that it was made by a robot with a mind of its own. More about BCXSY and Atelier Robotiq's Out of Order lamp created by "absent-minded" robot
Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter group at MIT have created a swarm of robots designed to rapidly build high-strength tubular structures by winding fibreglass filament around themselves. More about Neri Oxman's swarm of Fiberbots autonomously build architectural structures
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
Danish company Odico is preparing to launch a mini all-in-one robotic construction system that can be sent to building sites inside a shipping container. More about Odico's Factory on the Fly is a pop-up robotic manufacturing unit for construction sites
Syrian designer Yamen Saraiji has designed a wearable, two-armed robot that acts as an extension to the human body. More about Backpack-style robot companion gives wearer two functional extra hands
Riccardo Blumer Atelier worked with a team of students to create this machine on show at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which is programmed to build and repair an 11-metre-long bubble wall. More about Automated machine by Riccardo Blumer Atelier builds a wall out of soap bubbles
OpenAI — a non-profit started by Elon Musk — has found a way to programme a robot hand so that it can nimbly manipulate an object using human-like movements it has taught itself. More about OpenAI creates Dactyl robot hand with "unprecedented" dexterity
Cornell University engineers have made a robot that gets goosebumps or becomes spiky to communicate its internal state. More about Texture-changing skin lets robot express its feelings
NASA has selected the five winning designs in the latest stage of its 3D-printed Habitat competition, which include a community of modular pods made from the Martian surface, and a vertical egg-like container. More about NASA announces winners of competition to design 3D-printed habitat for Mars
Italian architect Carlo Ratti and his company Makr Shakr have launched a mass-market robotic cocktail maker. More about Nino robotic bartender can make "any drink in seconds"