A new tomato-picking robot is learning to think before it acts. Instead of simply identifying ripe fruit, it predicts how ...

After successfully piloting humanoid robots at its SC plant last year, BMW is putting AI-powered machines to work in Germany.

New research helps robots combine language and gestures to find objects in cluttered spaces, improving how they understand ...

From left, engineering professor Morteza Lahijanian and graduate student Karan Muvvala watch as a robotic arm completes a task using wooden blocks. Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory.

Robots — they’ve fascinated us ever since the ’70s and ’80s, haven’t they? Big, bulky metallic figures capable of mass destruction on Earth. We watched with bated breath and fear in our eyes as the ...

Commentary: The idea of a human-controlled robot in your home might sound weird, but perhaps it's not all that different from what we're used to. Connor is a technology writer and editor, with a ...

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 ...