The researchers identified more than 100 tasks that the robot vacuum could perform with some relatively simple modifications, such as playing with cats with a fitted laser pen, or carrying ...

Scientists have reprogrammed a robot vacuum cleaner to help charge a phone and assist in a home workout because they think the machines are currently too "idle". Researchers from the University of ...

And if you wanted to teach a robot to do something new — to flip a pancake instead of a burger, say — you usually had to reprogram it from scratch. A closer look at Google’s robot ...