WASHINGTON - No, you are not seeing things. Robots are indeed roaming the hallways and exhibits at some of your favorite Smithsonian museums in Washington D.C. It's part of an effort to improve your ...

Robots may already be taking our jobs in some industries, but humans offering customer service on the shop floor look as if they’re safe for a while yet. The judgment comes after witnessing a recent ...

Pepper talks to a group of museum visitors on the lower level of the National Museum of African Art. Michelle Edwards / National Museum of African Art How do you get a robot to speak Swahili? That’s ...

Japanese robot Pepper is getting an intelligence upgrade via IBM’s Watson, but that doesn’t make interacting with the real world any less challenging. The humanoid will channel Watson’s artificial ...

Softbank's Pepper will detect sadness based on expression and voice tone, then tell a joke to cheer you up. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make ...

Whether it’s robots or smartphones, AI or premium audio products, Japan has always been at the forefront of any conversation about technology. We recently spent several weeks in Tokyo discovering not ...

James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. The UK Parliament caused a bit of a stir this week with the news that it would play host to its ...

PESCHIERA DEL GARDA, Italy — Robby Pepper can answer questions in Italian, English and German. Billed as Italy’s first robot concierge, the humanoid will be deployed all season at a hotel on the ...