The inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games were held in Beijing earlier in the month. The event featured athletic challenges (such as track, football, and boxing), cognitive tests, and artistic ...

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders ...

Figure AI, a startup based in San Jose, California, has drawn attention in recent months for its sleek, humanlike black-and-gray robots doing basic tasks like folding laundry and putting away ...

For the millions of Americans who live with a mobility issue, making a pizza can be a lot more challenging than just choosing between pepperoni or sausage. Now Virginia Tech researchers have developed ...

Previous generations thought of robots as pure science fiction. Today, robots are a ubiquitous reality, and robotics is a thriving and fast-growing industry. Modern robots are not necessarily the ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...