A new algorithm may make robots safer by making them more aware of human inattentiveness. In computerized simulations of packaging and assembly lines where humans and robots work together, the ...

A new two-layer language-model algorithm is helping robots break down tasks, refine actions on the fly, and execute movements ...

Humanoid robots have been promised for decades, but most still look and move like machines. Ameca changes that, with a face ...

Chinese robotics firm LimX Dynamics has unveiled a new video showing a significant upgrade to its full-size humanoid robot. Oli is seen walking across loose sand, jutting rocks, shaky boards, and ...

In 2015, a jovial three-foot-tall robot with pool noodles for arms set out on what seemed like a simple mission. Using the kindness of strangers, this machine, called “hitchBOT” would spend months ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a system that could make social robots more effective at detecting and managing user interruptions in real time based on a human speaker's intent—a ...

An IEEE senior member discusses the results of the organization's global study on the potential impact of AI robotics.

The 1,500 g automation arm by Oleksandr Stepanenko keeps moves under a micron, boosting photonics throughput while fitting on ...

If you have spent time online in the past year, you’ve likely noticed how the web is becoming increasingly crowded with machine-generated content. From AI-written blogs to automated chatbots, the ...

Walk into Tosec BV, based in the Netherlands, and you’ll see the hallmarks of many custom metal fabricators. You’ll hear the ...

In case you hadn’t noticed, humanoid robots have joined the workforce. An evergreen staple of science fiction, autonomous AI-driven machines with feet, legs that bend at the knee, torsos, arms with ...