Humanoid robot startups are raising massive funding rounds, and the sales pitch is familiar. Human-shaped machines will soon ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable ...

Abstract: Understanding human intention plays a crucial role in the research of human-robot interaction (HRI) for service robots. Although multimodal sensing methods have shown promising results in ...

California startups are building robots to help with fold laundry and other tedious tasks as the race to dominate artificial intelligence intensifies against countries such as China.

In China’s far west, the startup is developing modular robots designed to operate in harsh outdoor environments.

Standing 165 cm tall and weighing 55kg, the full-size humanoid robot Oli steps through loose sand, protruding rocks, wobbling boards, and piles of scattered debris, maintaining its balance throughout.

This article was commissioned in conjunction with the Professors’ Programme, part of Prototypes for Humanity, a global initiative that showcases and accelerates academic innovation to solve social and ...

We encouraged the world to embrace AI. Now, I’m afraid the resulting surge in synthetic companionship shows we have crossed a critical emotional ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate cluttered spaces and sort thousands of parcels an hour. But ask a robot to touch ...

Check on Oli’s latest trick: a full-on warm-up routine puts every joint into action - who’s in for a stretch break with Oli? New US border rules could require selfies, 5 years of social media history ...

Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots still need plenty of help from a human teleoperator who’s hidden from view. During a flashy event on a Hollywood movie studio lot in October 2024, for instance, an army ...