Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

On the outskirts of Beijing, young Chinese entrepreneur Cheng Hao sits on an indoor soccer pitch – but this turf isn’t for humans. It’s where engineers working for his start-up, Booster Robotics, ...

Sanders took to X to criticize corporations such as Amazon for increasingly relying on robots instead of workers, saying the financial incentive is obvious. Earlier this year, Amazon said it plans to ...

The nervous system does an astonishing job of tracking sensory information, and does so using signals that would drive many computer scientists insane: a noisy stream of activity spikes that may be ...

Billions of dollars are flowing into humanoid robot startups, as investors bet that the industry will soon put humanlike machines in warehouses, factories and our living rooms. Many leaders of those ...

Researchers are making headway in the "terrifying robot apocalypse" department. Yicaiglobal reported (via Interesting Engineering) that specialists from the Chinese cybersecurity research group ...

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Robot lawn mowers may still seem futuristic, but advances in technology (especially satellite mapping) have made them more efficient and accessible than ever. They tend to take a little time and work ...

When “The Jetsons” premiered in 1962, the TV show imagined a future filled with humanoid helpers handling everything from cleaning to maintenance to teaching. It envisioned daily conveniences like ...

A frighteningly lifelike robot operates using 1,000 artificial muscles for humanlike movement. JFK's niece has message for man who bought Trump-Kennedy Center domain Body found on California coast is ...

It'll likely be a while before we have humanoid robots taking over our household chores, but what you can count on sooner is seeing more robots in industrial settings, like factories and warehouses.

Midea has officially unveiled its next-generation humanoid robot, Miro U, at an event in Guangzhou, China. The robot is the world’s first to feature a six-arm wheel-leg design, and it is built for ...