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

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

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

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 ...

Nadine, a socially intelligent, human-looking robot complete with "her own personality, mood and emotions". Has been unveiled by scientists at Nanyang Technogical ...

A new study say it’s easier for people to work alongside robots if they look a little like us. It looks like science fiction’s vision of our robot future was right. As robots increasingly become a ...

Humanoid robots promise to take on dull and dangerous jobs. But is that really true? what about the future of human work?

A new study from University of California, Merced, and Pennsylvania State University, reported by news site The Debrief, boils down into a single word: trust. We just trust human-shaped robots much ...

Scientists speculate that human-looking robots could one day serve as surrogate children in our homes. Forget it. Parenting would never be the same. Imagine a household where children always obeyed ...