The idea of robots working in service and retail roles isn't a new one, but it is an emerging reality. Will it work?

Though Atlas was designed to resemble a person in other ways, its hands aren’t exactly one-to-one. Instead, company engineers ...

X’s Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you?

University of Chicago computer scientist Sarah Sebo is programming robots to give empathetic responses and perform nonverbal ...

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We love our human-shaped robots in pop culture. From Lieutenant Commander data to C3P0 to Baymax. But, are they any good at manufacturing things? At the Automate show this year, humanoid robots ...

It sounds like something from a sci-fi film - but some scientists believe this clever new tech could help alleviate strains ...

IFA 2025 is Berlin's annual proving ground for tech that wants to reshape everyday life. Amid the wall of 8K screens and concept cars, one of the best, quietly radical debuts this year scrubs. The ...

In a quiet robotics lab in north-west London, three black mechanical hands stretch and curl with human-like precision. No claws or pincers. Just joints where they should be. "We're not building ...

Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs ...

Beginning Sept. 30, the flamingo-pink food delivery robots you may have seen rolling along city sidewalks are set to get some ...