Scientists are now utilizing the powers of robots for underwater research, allowing access to areas of the ocean that previously couldn’t be reached or monitored efficiently. After this year, its been hard to ignore the issue of climate change, especially following The Pentagon’s declaration that climate change is an immediate risk on national security in October. This call for environmental backup has brought the robots running.

In a world where futuristic developments roll out on the regular, ROBO-STOX took the time to find the need to know robotics news - so you don’t have to. Here are the highlights of the week of Dec. 13-19 in the world of robotics and automation:

There’s a new type of “Walker” in town and thankfully not the kind from The Walking Dead. These walkers, as developers at the University of Oxford nicknamed them, are molecular, and nearly invisible, robots. For the first time, molecular robots have taken their first steps; baby steps that will be the first of many on the molecular robot’s journey from a potentially transformational innovation to a real product that helps shape the future of medicine.

In a world where futuristic developments roll out on the regular, ROBO-STOX took the time to find the need to know robotics news - so you don’t have to. Here are the highlights of the week of Dec. 8-12 in the world of robotics and automation:

From aiding medical professionals to those with disabilities themselves, robots are revolutionizing the medical world and playing a major role in the way that we view health care today. This is not something that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has overlooked - the organization is now funding robotics research to further extend the reach of healthcare for those with disabilities. The NIH is just one of the major names participating in the Interagency National Robotics Initiative to support robotics research.

In a world where futuristic developments roll out on the regular, ROBO-STOX took the time to find the need to know robotics news - so you don’t have to. Here are the highlights of the week of December 1-5 in the world of robotics and automation:

The space race has officially gone robotic. From a robo-probe landing on a comet to manufacturing made possible by 3D printing, robotics play an inevitable role in the push to further space exploration. Most incredibly is a plan by the European Space Agency(ESA) that may result in humans living on the moon, all made possible by 3D printing.