A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New ...

Robots were around every corner during CES 2025 this week, but there was one that got very close to sounding and looking like an actual human. CNET's Jesse Orrall interviewed Realbotix's Aria, a blond ...

There are currently many efforts around the world which aim to build autonomous robots able to deal with their environment under unexpected circumstances. One of these is a UK project named Reverb ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. We’ve all seen the movies: robots that look and behave like humans are among us, and chaos ...

Human-robot interaction suggests there’ll likely be many contexts where robots don’t displace workers but rather make the ...

A new breed of robots could soon break free of assembly line duties to assist human living in myriad ways. MIT researchers recently demonstrated the capabilities of such a robot, named Domo, which, ...

Robots-for-rent is one way some small U.S. factories gain access to automation, reducing turnover and ensuring workers aren’t ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Boston Dynamic’s dog-like SpotMini robot is to go on sale in 2019. This cute ...

The coronavirus pandemic is pushing robots — long used for everything from heavy lifting to online customer service — toward finally becoming more lifelike. "I've been very worried about COVID-19 ...

At the Consumer Electronics Show, a crowd gathered around Chihira Aico, a life-sized robot in a pink party dress who was standing at the Toshiba booth. At first, the android stood perfectly still, ...

The little dinosaur robot blinks its big, blue eyes and stretches its neck. It tilts its head toward a human, who responds with a pat. The dinosaur closes its eyes in apparent contentment. But when it ...

Editor's note: This is part of our series HardWIRED: Welcome to the Robotic Future, in which we explore the fascinating machines transforming society. Roboticists are getting there, though. Take, for ...