In labs, living rooms, hospitals, and classrooms, robots are no longer just tools—they’re becoming social actors. People ...

Many robots are equipped with cameras to allow them to see the world. These digital eyes record sequences of still images which must somehow be interpreted as motion. A popular approach is optical ...

Its skin is literally warm — and we're not sure we want to know why. The post This Robot With a Working Human Face Is ...

A child with a new cochlear implant works on auditory rehabilitation exercises at home in Toulouse, France, aided by Pepper, a human-looking robot. In Canada, another child interacts with Pepper, who ...

Skeptics say Fort Lauderdale restaurants handing meals to food delivery robots is risky. Others ask why Brightline trains are hitting them. Will they ruin human jobs? Here are the answers.

Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They're ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

Shanghai-based DroidUp unveiled Moya, a fully biometric humanoid robot built to look and feel almost human, underscoring progress in social companion technology. The humanoid robot, known as DroidUp ...

The Austin-based robotics company Apptronik just closed a massive funding round, reportedly bringing its total Series A to ...

Making robots more human may turn out to be a costly mistake, not because the technology fails, but because it ignores the ...

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.