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

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 ...

There is also a dance studio, complete with a wood floor and large mirrors. Here scientists record the movements of human ...

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