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.

"It's not so much about winning, it's just about having a good fight," says Becky Dowson, who has travelled to Sutton-on-the-Forest from her home in Nottingham. She is one of a group of roboteers who have gathered at the farm for Robodojo - a combat robotics club.

A University of Chicago study suggests robots could offer a new kind of support to help kids eliminate anxiety about reading out loud.

Classic rock, which is a genre that began to coagulate in the 1960s and 1970s, is now some 50 or 60 years old. But even back then, the artists writing the songs that would become classic rock hits years later were concerned with technology. As we all mull ...

A chilling video circulating on social media has reignited old anxieties about robots turning against their creators. The footage shows a Unitree H1 humanoid robot, a machine about the size of an adult human, suddenly flailing its arms and legs with ...

A Morgan Stanley analyst came up with a unique way of explaining Elon Musk's robotics vision —comparing it to the 2006 classic "The Prestige."

In a move that brings science fiction closer to reality, researchers have developed a new kind of robot that can "grow," "heal," and even improve itself by using parts from its environment—or even by cannibalizing other robots. Unlike most of today's ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X that about 80% of the electric vehicle maker's value could eventually come from its Optimus humanoid robots.