Despite huge technical progress, these robots are still clumsy at handling everyday tasks in homes or hospitals or other ...

SoftBank's humanoid robot "Pepper" can lead funerals. Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO/Alamy Live News News of a Japanese robot conducting Buddhist funerals got us thinking about how our robot-filled future ...

On industrial sites and large farms, critical work often happens in fields, hillsides and overgrown areas that are difficult or dangerous for people to access. CMU researchers are developing off-road ...

Robots are starting to gain something that looks a lot like a sense of touch, and in some cases even a crude version of pain. New neuromorphic artificial skin lets machines process tactile information ...

Keeping floors clean can feel like a never-ending task, especially if your schedule doesn’t allow for daily sweeping or vacuuming. That’s where a robot vacuum comes in. While it won’t completely ...

Twenty-five years of the new millennium have passed and we’re still waiting for the futuristic world we were promised: Living in space, hover-cars, jet packs and extraterrestrial encounters. However, ...

Elon Musk told the World Economic Forum on Thursday about his vision for a world where there are more robots than people—enough robots that you won't be able to think of anything more to ask them to ...

What do you expect to find at a restaurant? People taking orders, cooking, and serving, right? Well, this is not the common ...

James Pikul receives funding from the Office of Naval Research. He is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Metal Light Inc. Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in ...