Robot companies are racing toward a breakout year, but they'll have to confront some fundamental problems before making ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.

Over the past decades, roboticists have introduced a wide range of systems that can effectively tackle some real-world ...

General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...

Tutor’s first product, Cassie, is designed for a relatively simple task — loading and unloading shipping pallets laden with ...

There is also a dance studio, complete with a wood floor and large mirrors. Here scientists record the movements of human ...

But you can see the market appeal. A robot vacuum cleaner can’t climb stairs to clean an upstairs room. A robot arm that ...

Step inside the Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich, and you find yourself in a space that is part children's nursery, part ...

“This is our first time participating in such a world-class competition in Beijing’s Haidian District, so we’re incredibly excited. We’re excited to be able to compete with team members from all over ...

China plans its first robot-friendly demo zone in Shenzhen, unveiling a framework to integrate AI robots into everyday urban ...

California startups are building robots to help with fold laundry and other tedious tasks as the race to dominate artificial ...

A robot dog is being deployed to deter spray-painting on trains in Munich's rail system. Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the Munich S-Bahn are introducing Spot, a robot dog from Boston Dynamics, to help combat ...