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Robots-for-rent is one way some small U.S. factories gain access to automation, reducing turnover and ensuring workers aren’t injured. Automating the most arduous and repetitive jobs, like lifting and ...

SALEM, Ore. — In an office park opposite an Amazon warehouse, the robots are at work. A trio of six-foot-tall machines with ostrichlike legs and two jointed arms work in shifts, walking off a charging ...

Before anything else, it feels like a miracle to simply download and play a new Super Robot Wars on my PlayStation 5. No importing, no additional accounts, no region-locked DLC. It’s a wonderful thing ...

We've seen robot dogs run up hills with luggage, and help fight fires. Now, researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich are putting these mechanical mutts through their paces on the badminton court, ...

Robomart, a startup that builds self-driving delivery robots, is unveiling its latest robot with an ambitious goal of using it to make on-demand delivery profitable. The Los Angeles-based company ...

Nvidia is aiming to give robotics engineers a boost in the form of a new “brain” for their robots. Launched on Monday, the chip giant said that with the new Jetson Thor modules, robots around the ...

Tesla has shifted the training strategy for its Optimus robot, insiders told Business Insider. Rather than motion capture suits and teleoperation, the automaker will rely primarily on video recordings ...

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is bullish on the future of robotics, and sees it as the chipmaker's biggest opportunity outside of AI. Today the company announced the next generation of its Jetson AGX system ...

Pardon the pun, but oh my, has the landscape shifted in terms of robot lawn mowers. Five years ago, when I first started covering this smart home category, there were just two brands to choose from: ...

I wasn't sure I needed a smart litter box. Now I can't imagine life without it. (Photos via Rick Mele) Even so, I’d never considered exploring the wide world of smart pet products until I was invited ...

Founder: Sasha Jokic shows off one of Cosmic’s robots at a Pacific Palisades site. (Photo by David Sprague) We’ve all heard of “Bob the Builder,” but one California company has come up with a ...