The Three Lives of a Robot is not a metaphor. It is a survival map for robotics companies navigating the realities of ...

Many of the environments where human-facing universal robots can provide benefits — homes, hospitals, schools — are sensitive ...

A Shanghai-based company has developed humanoid robots that appear as real as humans. The advanced bionic humanoid robot is ...

There is no problem in principle for machines to design other machines, for systems to generate other systems, and so on ...

Clanker, rust bucket, tinskin — slang words used to put down robots are on the rise. As AI and robots threaten to replace human work and maybe even humans, the recent popularity of anti-robot lingo ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Jonathan Reichental covers technology in business and society. Toy versions of the popular droids R2-D2 and BB-8, part of the ...

The titular character of the Apple TV+ series “Murderbot” doesn’t call itself Murderbot because it identifies as a killer; it just thinks the name is cool. Murderbot, a.k.a. “SecUnit,” is programmed ...

When fully developed, R1, which for now uses wheels instead of legs to get around, will be deployed as a "smart companion for ...

At ETH Zurich's Robotic Systems Lab, engineers have created ANYmal-D, a four-legged robot that can play badminton with people. This project brings together robotics, artificial intelligence and sports ...

The machines continue to rise. Researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) to train a robotic program to do parts of a gallbladder removal surgery, or a cholecystectomy. The robotic surgeon ...