During a Q&A session on Tuesday, Huang didn't hesitate when asked how long it would take for humanoid robots to match human-level ability. "This year," he ...

A caregiving robot that responds to spoken instructions while performing physical tasks may make robots easier to use and understand.

While the capabilities of robots have improved significantly over the past decades, they are not always able to reliably and ...

A viral YouTube experiment has triggered fresh alarm across the AI and robotics community after an AI-controlled robot fired at a human following a manipulated prompt. Although the weapon involved was ...

This video explores the next generation of robots poised to enter everyday life. From humanoid assistants and powered exoskeletons to robotic bees and pollution-hunting machines, these systems promise ...

Humanoid robots may be part of our future, but what we use them for partly depends on answers to very human questions: Do we trust them? Do we like them? According to one prediction, the mass-adoption ...

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Robotics company 1X found some big potential buyers for its humanoid robots designed for consumers — the portfolio companies of one of its investors. The company announced a strategic partnership to ...

Robot lawn mowers may still seem futuristic, but advances in technology (especially satellite mapping) have made them more efficient and accessible than ever. They tend to take a little time and work ...

If there's one lesson iRobot founder Colin Angle took from the company's bankruptcy, it's never to underestimate competitors. On December 14, iRobot, maker of the popular robotic vacuum Roomba, filed ...