Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus has crossed a line that once belonged firmly to science fiction, moving from carefully staged ...

New York — As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its ...

In 1942, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov introduced the “Three Laws of Robotics” to the world through his short story ‘Runaround’. These safety principles stipulate that robots must not harm ...

The robot can bend, grasp and carry in ways humans can’t, which could help it navigate spaces too confined for human arms.

Remember when robots were just science-fiction fantasies or clunky machines bolted to factory floors? That world is vanishing before our eyes. While you’ve been focused on generative AI and digital ...

Forged by stealth startup Fauna Robotics over two years of secret research and development, Sprout is also a software developer platform.

In science fiction, robots can be neurotic. Think "Star Wars" and C-3PO. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE") ANTHONY DANIELS: (As C-3PO) What are we going to do? We'll be sent to ...

From Black Mirror to Her to Cyberpunk 2077, science fiction reveals that our real threat isn’t killer robots—it’s the corporate systems quietly rewriting what it means to be human. Consider the ...

The Chinese company Eyou Robot Technology has inaugurated a factory dedicated to the production of joints for humanoid robots ...

Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...

Are you worried that AI-powered robots are going to steal our jobs and maybe kill us all? You aren’t alone. But it is time to play devil’s advocate with yourself and consider whether the opposite ...