General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have unveiled the world’s smallest fully ...

The robots are powered by tiny microcomputers developed by David Blaauw and Dennis Sylvester, engineers at the University of ...

Silicon Valley startup Foundation isn't shy about employing its humanoid robots in the defense industry. And yes, the CEO is ...

See new human-shaped robots, including MIMA’s skill-glove training for dishes and laundry, so you can gauge real home-ready ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable ...

California startups are building robots to help with fold laundry and other tedious tasks as the race to dominate artificial ...

Dressed in sensible Nordic knitwear, Bernt Bornich’s robotic manservant is more stylish than practical. Ask it to fetch a can of Coca-Cola from another room, and more often than not, something will ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate ...

Now that artificial intelligence has mastered almost everything we do online, it needs help learning how we physically move around in the real world. A growing global army of trainers is helping it ...

BEIJING — They aren’t the most graceful athletes, or the fastest. But they’re learning. From Friday to Sunday, human handlers from 16 countries put about 500 bipedal robots through various motions to ...

In some sense, Mr. Brooks has only himself to blame. The current humanoid craze is “kind of his fault,” said Anthony Jules, ...