The Roombas in question were not commercially available — they were development robots given to testers. However, several researchers have uncovered privacy issues with robot vacuums produced by ...

“The Jetsons” debuted September 23, 1962. The first episode, titled “Rosey the Robot,” was an origin story of sorts for the titular character, describing how an overworked Jane hired the housekeeper.

Malicious hackers can take over control of vacuum and lawn mower robots made by Ecovacs to spy on their owners using the devices’ cameras and microphones, new research has found. Security researchers ...

Robots are everywhere these days — from automated waiters zipping up to your table at a restaurant, to robot dogs (or Digidogs) rejoining the NYPD force after a temporary hiatus. The Roomba can clean ...

Robotics are going to cause changes to the workforce in the next five years, but don't start running with those robot-takeover conspiracy theories just yet. About 5.1 million jobs will be lost by the ...

We've long been fascinated with the idea of having robots around the house to take care of daily chores, freeing us up for more interesting pursuits. Though it would be cool to think that a robot like ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. At the end of last year, I put together a list of predictions for consumer tech trends to ...

TL;DR: Samsung's Ballie, a spherical AI-powered robot first revealed at CES 2020, is set to be released in 2025. It functions as a stay-at-home companion, capable of greeting owners, projecting images ...