A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New interpretations of the robot reflect a modernity once skewered by the writer.

Researchers found that working with a humanoid robot can change how our brains map the body, making its hand feel like part ...

Matt Carney was good at building robots — he just didn’t want to. While earning his PhD at MIT, he’d spent years studying mechanical engineering and biomechatronics in service of developing bionic ...

With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadow-boxing skills and shot arrows on Monday at the ...

Humanoid robot startups have bragged they'll ship or test thousands of robots by the year's end. So where are they?

Have you ever wished robots could do more than just follow instructions? Well, that’s where Mirokaï steps in. Born from the creative minds at Paris-based startup Enchanted Tools, Mirokaï isn’t just ...

Icarus just raised a $6.1 million seed round led by Soma Capital and Xtal, with participation from Nebular and Massive Tech Ventures to get there.

The titular character of the Apple TV+ series “Murderbot” doesn’t call itself Murderbot because it identifies as a killer; it just thinks the name is cool. Murderbot, a.k.a. “SecUnit,” is programmed ...

Citizen Liu Qinglong remarked, “I saw the news yesterday that there would be robot fights here, so I specially brought my child to take a look today.” The weekend Smart Expo attracted a large number ...

Doctors used to be the gold standard of job security. After all, you can't outsource a heart transplant to a chatbot… right? But according to Elon Musk, even the most elite surgeons might want to ...