F or decades, humanoid robots lived in science fiction and in high-tech labs. That’s changing. Engineers and companies across ...

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New ...

A video of ALLEX (top) shows a camera- and sensor-laden head, and astonishingly versatile hands with fast-moving fingers and human-like motion. Those rapid, spidery movements may send a shiver down ...

One video that has gotten very popular online is of a fighting robot that seems to be trying to escape its tether. The video shows this humanoid robot flailing about, waving its arms and legs around, ...

At the Bund Conference, a large hemispherical space may hold the answer.

Researchers found that working with a humanoid robot can change how our brains map the body, making its hand feel like part ...

Human-robot interaction suggests there’ll likely be many contexts where robots don’t displace workers but rather make the ...

Imagine for a moment that you're in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs ...

When robots work safely with humans, they can provide clear benefits. Industries facing labor shortages, such as elder care, could see relief. Physically demanding jobs might also become safer for ...

As the core exhibition area of this conference, 'Robot Town' brings together 40 intelligent enterprises, covering the entire ...

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nervewracking ...

We humans have mastered fire, split the atom, and shot ourselves into space. We've built machines that can outthink us and tools that can cook us lunch or cut open our chests to perform life-saving ...