Initially, a human operator remotely controlled the robot, using instincts and social intuition to guide its behavior. For example, if someone approached the robot shyly, the operator would ...

Join our team as a 4-year full-time PhD candidate and work on our project "Improving human-robot collaboration using brain-computer interfaces"! You will work closely with Dr. from the ...

Elon Musk says the surgical scalpel is about to lose its top billing to algorithms and actuators, predicting "robots will surpass good human surgeons within a few years and the best human surgeons ...

A new open-source humanoid robot, ALANA, is attracting action in the maker community for its affordability and functionality.

The robot then just rises back up and heads for its destination. It's hard to say how soon it might be before you see a LEVA on a street near you, as the scientists are still perfecting the bot's ...

One company boasted that its robot looked almost human, with feminine features and the ability to wink and smile. Some firms tested their robots for weeks before the race. Beijing officials have ...

Some of China’s best humanoid robots took on the challenge of racing against human marathon runners on ... Another Noetix N2 robot, using a different algorithm, was third to cross the finishing ...

A new study from Waymo concludes that riding in a Waymo robotaxi in urban environments is safer than human drivers ... has some drawbacks. Robots have already creeped into our lives in ways ...

Automation is finally coming into fashion, with sewing robots that can produce clothes faster than human hands. In this episode of Moving Upstream, WSJ’s Jason Bellini takes a look at the latest ...