And a new study, published in the journal Emotion, suggests that a robot that mimics human breathing can also pass on frightened feelings. The researchers developed round fluffy robots with motorized ...

A new type of robotic hand developed at The University of Texas at Austin demonstrates such sensitive touch that it can grasp objects as fragile as a potato chip or a raspberry without crushing them.

Honor is marrying several gadgets into one unlikely, robotic combo.

What does it actually take to teach a humanoid robot to act human? Inside Tesla’s robotics operation, the answer looks less like science fiction than repetitive labor. Workers in a glass-walled lab ...

A robotic hand with fingernail-like tips lets robots peel fruit, open lids and pick up thin, flat objects with more precise, human-like dexterity.

Amazon cut at least 100 white-collar jobs in its robotics division as it continues restructuring, even while expanding its ...

In Beijing, China on March, engineers at a robotics startup are training ultra-dexterous robot hands to perform delicate human tasks, pushing humanoid AI closer to real-world use.

A robotic hand developed at UT Austin can pick up the most fragile items, like potato chips or eggs, without crushing them.

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We ...

Valkyrie, a humanoid robot that was previously trained to assist NASA with Mars mission preparations, will soon return to the ...

For renowned British engineer Stuart Burgess, the human hand, without question, is the pinnacle of mechanical engineering, ...