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

With many words which are commonly used in everyday vocabulary, we are certain that we have a solid grasp of what they do and do not mean, but is this really true? Take the word ‘robot’ for example, ...

Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock open our solving weekend. By Deb Amlen Jump to: Tricky Clues FRIDAY PUZZLE — Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew Stock’s first published collaboration in The New York ...

Co-founder & CEO at InOrbit, a leading data management platform for autonomous robots, and co-founder of Robot Operations Group. Modern robots are awesome, but they’re also infamous for getting into ...

At the 2024 WRC, the total number of humanoid robots exhibited has reached 27 models. This year, the number of exhibitors at WRC has exceeded 200, with over 50 manufacturers of humanoid robots alone.

Jan. 25, 2021, marks a special centennial: The 100th anniversary of a word. It’s one that already existed, but it took on a new meaning in a work of fiction. 1920: Czechoslovakian Author Karel Čapek ...

A new study from University of California, Merced, and Pennsylvania State University, reported by news site The Debrief, boils down into a single word: trust. We just trust human-shaped robots much ...

Melania Trump used the word during a recent White House task force meeting to refer to AI. But "robot," was first introduced in a 1920 Czech play in which human workers were the robots.