The idea of robots working in service and retail roles isn't a new one, but it is an emerging reality. Will it work?

Though Atlas was designed to resemble a person in other ways, its hands aren’t exactly one-to-one. Instead, company engineers ...

A new study has found that a robot’s feedback during a collaborative task can influence the feeling of closeness between the ...

A Japanese-developed robot that mimics the movements of its human controller is bringing the Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" one step closer to reality. (PhysOrg.com) -- A freely walking biped robot ...

Sometimes robots make us feel uneasy because they make us think of death. Now, researchers are putting some real effort behind making our immortal creations feel a bit more alive. Humanlike robots can ...

R1, a humanoid embodied service robot developed by Keenon Robotics – a global leader in general-purpose and special-purpose embodied humanoid robots – has been officially deployed at the Shangri-La ...

Boston Dynamics' PETMAN robot finally gets the soundtrack it deserves from video editor Tim Trusler. PETMAN was developed to test "chemical protection clothing," so it can walk, crawl and perform "a ...

As noted by MacRumors, Apple has prototyped a lamp-like robot with lifelike movements as shown in a post and video on the Apple Machine Learning Research website. The video shows the ...