MIT engineers have built a fast, lightweight robotic arm that can play table tennis like a pro. Designed for high-speed accuracy, the robot sits at one end of a ping pong table and uses a standard ...

China is currently busy accumulating most of the gold medals in the table tennis events in the Paris Olympics. Meanwhile, an AI-powered robot from Google DeepMind has achieved “amateur human level ...

Humans no longer have exclusive control over training social robots to interact effectively, thanks to a new study. The study introduces a new simulation method that lets researchers test their social ...

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 ...

A new study found that employees are more likely to be lazy when working near or with robots versus working on their own or with a group of people. Scientists at the Technical University of Berlin in ...

A new study is suggesting that robots with more "charismatic" voices – as opposed to flat, matter-of-fact ones – can help people be more creative. Scientists from Denmark found that students who are ...

In a study that delves into the ever-evolving world of robotics, researchers have embarked on an intriguing challenge: pitting humans against 27 humanoid robots to see who is "far superior." The study ...