From sci-fi dreams to real-world designs, human-like robots are becoming more lifelike — but is that a good thing? We explore the psychological effects, ethical concerns, and design risks of building ...

Picture a robot. What comes to mind? Perhaps a droid from Star Wars or The Jetsons: a machine that can move, speak and perform tasks all by itself. Or maybe your imagination jumps to humanoid robots à ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...