But you can see the market appeal. A robot vacuum cleaner can’t climb stairs to clean an upstairs room. A robot arm that ...

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

Yet the next generation of robots will soon be able to learn from experience, creating more adaptable machines—perfect for ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Humanoid robots struggle with basic tasks like walking safely and lack the dexterity needed for complex human-like ...

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

Transformer mannequin at Ripley's Believe It or Not in London, 2020 (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital) Would you welcome a robot into your home? Guess what: You probably already have. That’s if you use ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Jonathan Reichental covers technology in business and society. Toy versions of the popular droids R2-D2 and BB-8, part of the ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.

Researchers at Robotics Institute at UCSD are developing robots designed to work alongside humans and exploring what ...

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