These robots don't break into a jig or jump, but their ability to do single tasks cheaply and efficiently is attracting investor dollars as focus shifts to function from flash.

This sort of built-in adaptability, Lipson argued, would become more important as we became more reliant on machines. Robots were being ... learn about its body and function no matter what that ...

Nyong’o is tasked initially with playing, essentially, a cheery blank slate ... Despite its machine-and-animal cast, “The Wild Robot” is a welcome step toward humanity for big-budget ...

(Reuters) -These robots don't break into a jig or jump, but their ability to do single tasks cheaply and efficiently is attracting investor dollars as focus shifts to function from flash.