It took nature millions of years to create intelligent, adaptive species. Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois ...

Artificial intelligence is all the rage in robotics these days, and for good reason: Properly implemented, it has the potential to program ‘bots on the fly. That’s the promise behind Cozmo, the ...

Are you worried that AI-powered robots are going to steal our jobs and maybe kill us all? You aren’t alone. But it is time to play devil’s advocate with yourself and consider whether the opposite ...

A year later, a humanoid robot greeted runners at the finish line of the Great Wall Marathon in Beijing's Huairou District. The 2025 Beijing Yizhuang Half Marathon allowed robots to take part ...

Mascot "Lerongrong" competes with a humanoid robot in a 100-meter fun race at the 15th National Games of China. (VCG via Getty Images) As Elon Musk touted plans to eventually manufacture an army of ...

Neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction. Researchers who study how people react to robot personalities, however, haven't focused on this much — though one study recently found that neurotic ...

Carson Bruns is working to lend chemists a hand—literally—by bringing collaborative robots into chemical wet labs. Bruns, an assistant professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical ...

In one part of a laboratory in Bristol, UK, scientists are designing a nanoparticle swarm that will be able to target and kill tumour cells intelligently. Interactions between the tiny but simple ...

Every second Saturday, a collection of otherwise sensible adults strap on robot costumes built from empty boxes and tin foil, swinging cardboard swords and plastic axes, bashing each other in a clumsy ...