Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in Beijing in just under 2 hours and 40 minutes. That’s slower than the human winner, who clocked in at just over an hour – but it’s still a ...

Robot skin that senses touch and pain — and triggers instant reflexes — makes robots more like humans. It probably also makes ...

Across industries, companies are feeling the squeeze from labor shortages, rising costs and nonstop pressure to boost efficiency. Robots are quickly becoming real-life solutions, and their promise has ...

You can see it in the biggest labor shift in modern history. In the early 1800s, around 70% of Americans worked on farms.

How does a robot perform as a boss at work? The results of research by Polish scientists published in Cognition, Technology & Work suggest that while robots can command obedience, it is not as strong ...

Robots are coming to a town near you—deployed by cities to do work that is labor-intensive, repetitive or dangerous for humans. Cities have long lagged behind the private sector when it comes to ...

Aniket Bera’s lab works with applications that include virtual therapy, autonomous vehicles and rescue bots like this robot dog, marrying the hardware of robots with the software of artificial ...

Scientists at UCL, Google DeepMind and Intrinsic have developed a powerful new AI algorithm that enables large sets of robotic arms to work together faster and smarter in busy industrial settings, ...

An AI enabling robots to do chores like making the bed or cleaning up spills in homes it has never seen before could allow many more robots to become generally useful, its creators say. Large language ...

James Pikul receives funding from the Office of Naval Research. He is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Metal Light Inc. Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in ...

Even the best batteries fall far short of animal metabolism for energy storage. Fueling robots with 'food' could narrow the gap. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...