A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New ...

Many lonely people would rather deal with a robot than interact with an actual human, according to research co-led by ...

Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are ...

Researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa (Italy) and Brown University in Providence (U.S.) have ...

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken massive strides toward replicating the intricacies of human cognition and behavior.

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nervewracking ...

UChicago study finds social robots could help students feel less stress when reading aloud, pointing to new uses for classroom technology ...

Humanoid robots promise to take on dull and dangerous jobs. But is that really true? what about the future of human work?

A video of ALLEX (top) shows a camera- and sensor-laden head, and astonishingly versatile hands with fast-moving fingers and human-like motion. Those rapid, spidery movements may send a shiver down ...

Agility Robotics opened the world's first factory for humanoid robots in Salem. The bipedal robot, named Digit, is designed for warehouse and logistics tasks. Robot history was made in an industrial ...

Discover HITTER, a UC Berkeley humanoid robot that plays table tennis using AI-powered planning to outsmart human players.

At ETH Zurich's Robotic Systems Lab, engineers have created ANYmal-D, a four-legged robot that can play badminton with people. This project brings together robotics, artificial intelligence and sports ...