Twenty-five years of the new millennium have passed and we’re still waiting for the futuristic world we were promised: Living ...

Robot skin that senses touch and pain — and triggers instant reflexes — makes robots more like humans. It probably also makes ...

Welcome to this week’s episode of “man-made horrors beyond human comprehension.” A humanoid robot named DeREK had what you might call a “moment” on the floor of a San Francisco robotics lab this week, ...

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Robots are becoming part of our everyday lives, from health care to home assistance. But for humans to truly trust and ...

Human-following mobile robots are designed to autonomously track, follow and assist a designated individual in a variety of environments. These systems integrate advanced sensor technologies, such as ...

Footage circulating this week from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen shows a humanoid robot walking alongside uniformed ...

Humans no longer have exclusive control over training social robots to interact effectively, thanks to a new study. The study introduces a new simulation method that lets researchers test their social ...

We humans have mastered fire, split the atom, and shot ourselves into space. We've built machines that can outthink us and tools that can cook us lunch or cut open our chests to perform life-saving ...

In 1982, personal computers were beige, boxy, and built for engineers. They were powerful, but uninviting. Few people knew what they were for, or why they might need one. It took more than just better ...

Many lonely people would rather deal with a robot than interact with an actual human, according to research co-led by Newcastle University. Contrary to the common assumption that lonely people would ...