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.

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

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

Humanoid robots may be part of our future, but human psychology and the uncanny valley may stand between them and world ...

One of the most significant insights from the study is that roboticists must engage both technically and physically with ...

Elon Musk believes robots will be “the biggest product ever in history.” His Tesla robot Optimus can already climb stairs and ...

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

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

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

John McCormick receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, they’re machines that perform automatic tasks and can be operated ...

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 ...