From welding steel to simulating sex and exploring beyond Earth, robots are replacing humans across numerous industries.

MIT researchers developed a compact robot that can lift, support, and catch older adults during a fall without being attached ...

Illustrator Ugo Bienvenu's debut feature tells a story of unexpected friendship and the fate of a world impacted by climate ...

Researchers from Aalto University and the University of Helsinki set out to find the answer. They wanted to know what makes ...

E-BAR is a set of robotic handlebars that follow a person from behind. A user can walk independently or lean on the robot’s ...

Researchers have developed HUMAC, a new framework using human intuition to rapidly teach robots complex teamwork.

Daniela Rus, the director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, is developing robots that take more cues ...

After China’s first humanoid robot marathon, Sixth Tone spoke with four startups about what worked, what didn’t, and how they ...

This material can expand, change shape, move, and respond to electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot, even though it has no motor or internal gears. In a study that echoes scenes ...

The humanization of AI is turning into a nice side hustle, and it's an interesting dilemma for the humans paid to train them.

Scientists inspired by the octopus's nervous system have developed a robot that can decide how to move or grip objects by sensing its environment.

A team of engineers at MIT has built and tested the “Elderly Bodily Assist Robot” or “E-BAR”, a mobile robot designed to ...