Is this the near-future? The premise of Ann Droid is that in place of our over-stretched social services, before long we may ...

When new technology is developed, even one that seems revolutionary or inevitable, skepticism is normal. John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, remembers the initial rollout of self-driving cars and some of ...

New four-legged robot adapts its movement in real time, using AI to choose the best gait for stairs, rocks, slopes, and other ...

Google DeepMind just announced a new version of its artificial intelligence model Gemini that can control a range of robots.

It's bad news for Chinese robot vacuum manufacturers like Roborock, Ecovacs, and Dreame, which dominate the market. The ban will also ensnare robot lawn mowers. After a rough year, iRobot debuts its ...

The screwup shows how tricky it can be to stop web crawlers from making ostensibly private conversations with AI chatbots ...

Rear-wheel-drive robot mowers are best suited to simple flat yards; more complex and sloped yards require all-wheel-drive ...

MIT's SceneSmith builds lifelike virtual homes where robots can practice chores and expose mistakes before entering your home ...

MIT and EPFL researchers built an 8.8-ounce robotic bird that flies, dives underwater and launches back into the air using ...

AS THE PHILIPPINES accelerates toward an increasingly digital future, the gap between the technologically empowered and the ...

Shortened overall lifespan: A motor rated for 20–30 years may fail in just 3–5 years, all because of an electrical supply ...

Robot mowers have been around long enough that most homeowners generally understand what’s on offer: less time cutting grass and more time doing pretty much anything else. The catch, for early ...