Many of us grew up watching The Jetson’s, and while the flying cars and talking appliances were pretty nifty, it was Rosie the Robot who really stole the show. The future has now arrived, and several ...

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Liam Thompson builds a robot butler to help with daily tasks at home.

There are lots of smart home hubs nowadays, but very few of them are on wheels. If that’s a problem for you, LG is here to answer your prayers. LG’s “smart home AI agent,” is a two-wheeled robot that ...

In 2025, the Jetsons fantasy of a robot butler stopped feeling like retro-sci fi kitsch and started looking—if you squint through a teleoperator’s VR headset—almost plausible. Meanwhile, investors ...

The promise of robot butlers has long been a staple of science fiction, but according to a robotics expert, the fantasy might be arriving sooner than we think—albeit with a strangely anticlimactic ...

Casually having a conversation with a robot butler might not be as far out as we thought. Figure, an AI robotics company that’s attracted the financial backing of Microsoft and Nvidia, showed off why ...

Artificial intelligence can make smart homes smarter, help us manage our days, and even help us plan major life changes. This series looks at the new — and sometimes surprising — ways AI is being used ...

A video of a Chicago hotel's unique form of high-tech room service has gone viral on TikTok. The clip was shared by Sarah A. VanVactor (@gogettersaraha) and has had 4.6 million views since it was ...

In the latest example that South Florida’s new population boom has made living here less affordable than ever, a robo-butler now serves Champagne and caviar at one clubby Fort Lauderdale restaurant.

The 2002 release of the robot vacuum Roomba hinted at a future market of robots who took care of humanity’s menial household chores. Sanyo’s Mirai Sanzo robot takes a step toward organizing that ...