A 22-metre robot arm will help remove a third sample of radioactive debris from inside Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said Thursday, as it unveiled the snake-like device.

When the streets of Los Angeles flooded with rain last week, some of the city’s residents found themselves feeling sorry for a peculiar object: a food delivery robot floundering in water and debris.

UNC researchers are training an AI robot named "Fetch" to think, map spaces and work with humans. Robots can mow lawns and clean houses, but the real frontier is teaching them to think. At UNC-Chapel ...

Robots come in all shapes and sizes. You can buy immobile handheld robots at stores like Costco, and farmers in China employ tractor-like robots to tend fields of crops. However, the pinnacle of robot ...

With warm skin, expressive features and human-like movement, Moya is redefining what a social robot can be. In early 2026, the Shanghai-based robotics company DroidUp unveiled Moya, one of the most ...

Human hands are a wonder of nature and unmatched in the animal kingdom. They can twist caps, flick switches, handle tiny objects with ease, and perform thousands of tasks every day. Robot hands ...

If robots ever rise up and take over the world, we might look at laundry-folding assistants as the Trojan Horse that started it all. On X, Weave Robotics founder Evan Wineland said Weave is focused on ...

Chinese authorities and industrialists have long hoped to unseat the United States as the world's premier tech giant, but they've historically struggled to make inroads against Silicon Valley ...

The Mexican city of Guadalupe, which will host portions of the 2026 World Cup, recently showed off four new robot dogs that will help provide security during matches at BBVA Stadium. The “K9-X” unit ...

Humanoid robots are no longer hiding in research labs somewhere. These days, they are stepping into public spaces, and they are starting to look alarmingly human. A Shanghai startup has now taken that ...