The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.

The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful. Isaac Asimov’s famous Three ...

MIT professor Daniela Rus explains how AI-powered robots are being trained to safely assist in homes and daily life.

Just as the researchers did, you will need to translate the Ikea assembly directions into computer code that the robot could use to plan and execute its task.

An educator shares lesson plans for creating exciting, multidisciplinary STEM learning and computer science for 1st- and 2nd-grade students.

‘My Loopy’ robot ‘comes to Earth’ to teach children how to write computer code With its artificial intelligence, My Loopy has seven toy-grade sensors that respond to touch, light, sound, proximity, ...

Robot researchers are typically educated to solve difficult technical problems, not to consider societal questions about who gets to make robots or how the machines affect society.

Researchers developed a novel learning-based method so robots on extraterrestrial bodies can make decisions on their own about where and how to scoop up terrain samples.