Getting a bipedal robot to not fall on its face, much less walk, is a feat that no one has mastered. But roboticists are getting there.

But do we really need them and will they replace humans? Building a robot that’s both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction.

Would you prefer your robot helper of the future to look like a machine, like a human or something in between? The answer, it turns out, likely depends on both how old you are and what task that ...

Meet Sofia, the Robot That Looks, Thinks, and Talks Like a Human The latest robot from Hanson Robotics took the stage at the Web Summit in Lisbon, displaying simple emotions, humanlike facial ...

Elon Musk is building a human-like robot: Does anyone else think this is a really bad idea? Yep, he's at it again. Apparently, launching a sports car into space wasn't enough.

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 ...

Japanese researchers covered a robot finger with a self-healing pliable sheet made of human skin cells. Why it matters Helping robots resemble humans could improve their integration with our society.

The R2-D2 robot from Star Wars doesn’t communicate in human language but is, nevertheless, capable of showing its intentions. For human-robot interaction, the robot does not have to be a true ...

Geminoid-DK looks to be an illuminating device in helping us learn about human-robot interaction, but we should keep in mind that practical applications are probably far from near. Watch the replicant ...

A team of researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have demonstrated a robot that can learn via trial and error, much like how humans learn. It constitutes a pretty big step forward ...

It looks like science fiction’s vision of our robot future was right. As robots increasingly become a normal aspect of the workplace, working daily alongside us fragile, fleshy humans in ...

It looks like science fiction’s vision of our robot future was right. As robots increasingly become a normal aspect of the workplace, working daily alongside us fragile, fleshy humans in ...