Think of actuators as the robot’s muscles —the technology that enables humanoids to move. Actuators come in three types: ...

Neo, a $20,000 humanoid robot by 1X Technologies, promises to handle household chores but currently relies on human operators ...

Here’s the catch that’s dividing opinions: NEO has a brain that isn’t all its own. This robot relies on both AI and human ...

Standard human-like robots have often fallen short in areas respective to human interaction. They are cold to the touch, visibly mechanical, and lacking the subtle textures and responsiveness of real ...

It sounds like something from a sci-fi film - but some scientists believe this clever new tech could help alleviate strains ...

What makes a robot truly intelligent? Is it the ability to solve complex equations in milliseconds or something more human-like—such as recognizing a misplaced object in a cluttered room or adapting ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

When — not if — humans start competing against robots in combat sports, Wyoming is ready. The Wyoming Combat Sports ...

We humans have mastered fire, split the atom, and shot ourselves into space. We've built machines that can outthink us and tools that can cook us lunch or cut open our chests to perform life-saving ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a system that could make social robots more effective at detecting and managing user interruptions in real time based on a human speaker's intent—a ...