Neurotic personalities are a staple of science fiction. Researchers who study how people react to robot personalities have ...

A humanoid robot named DeREK had what you might call a “moment” on the floor of a San Francisco robotics lab this week, ...

Elon Musk says humanoid robots will be the future of Tesla. The company has a long way to go. Tesla is well behind the pace ...

From R2D2 to the Terminator via Bender and Johnny-5, we choose our favourite robots from books, films and television series ...

Over the past few decades, robots have gradually started making their way into various real-world settings, including some malls, airports and hospitals, as well as a few offices and households.

A new training interface allows a robot to learn a task in several different ways. This increased training flexibility could ...

The maneuvers demonstrate the application of quadrupedal robotics in various combat settings, including reconnaissance and ...

The robot’s end effectors are recognizable as an analogue to human hands. Its feet, however, are more hoof-like. On closer inspection, they appear to be a pair of actuated joints stabilizing the ...

Imagine a world where robots clean your home, beaches, and even public spaces. We’re already well on our way there, but a new self-learning robotic arm developed by researchers at TU Wien in ...

I put four robot lawnmowers through a brutal backyard battle — and only one person got injured. These autonomous cutters show promise, but there’s still a ways to go before you should trust ...