Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own, but experts ...

A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required for ...

A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far ...

In crowded environments, more robots don’t always mean faster results—in fact, too many can bring everything to a standstill.

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

A robot has become so good at playing table tennis that at times it defeated elite human players, in what has been hailed as ...

Visitors can interact with newly unveiled robots that will be deployed across the centre's galleries. Read more at ...

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 ...

Swiss scientists have published research showing AI-informed robots can learn how to self correct and teach other robots how to behave. It raises questions of consciousness in artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence works when computers learn from data that is readily available. But there is no data to teach robots ...

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and ...

Nearly half a century after NASA engineers first sketched a machine that could spin massive structures in orbit like a spider ...