Engineers have created a robot that learns what it is, with zero prior knowledge of physics, geometry, or motor dynamics. Initially the robot has no clue what its shape is. After a brief period of ...

The men who create robots in their own image. Images of Japanese scientists’ attempts to create androids that convey a convincingly human presence highlight our own attitudes to technology and ...

Robot self-awareness is one step closer today after engineers at Columbia University built a robotic arm that can imagine itself. The ability to recognise the self and imagine that self in ...

The truth of it is that most robots these days are built to do one ... The researchers behind the project liken it to ImageNet, a database of more than 14 million images that dates back to 2009.