Robots are starting to do jobs like firefighting, lawn mowing and beach cleaning, among other things.

Farms automate harvests of corn and other crops, but the technology still needs work.

AgiBot is using AI-powered robots to do new manufacturing tasks. Smarter machines may transform physical labor in China.

This dairy barn is full of cows, as you might expect. Cows are being milked, cows are being fed, cows are being cleaned up after, and a few very happy cows are even getting vigorously scratched behind ...

Think of actuators as the robot’s muscles —the technology that enables humanoids to move. Actuators come in three types: ...

Aniket Bera’s lab works with applications that include virtual therapy, autonomous vehicles and rescue bots like this robot dog, marrying the hardware of robots with the software of artificial ...

Now that artificial intelligence has mastered almost everything we do online, it needs help learning how we physically move ...

Swarm Intelligence, inspired by collective behaviors in nature, is now being applied to robotics, enabling multiple humanoid robots to collaborate seamlessly on complex tasks. UBTech's Walker S1 ...

Horror stories from robot vacuum owners mostly stem from two fixable mishaps: They accidentally bought a dinky robot vacuum or merely haven't set their very capable robot vacuum up for success in the ...

Here's what to know about MLB's robot umps. How does the Automated Ball-Strike System work? Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the ...

It’s useful to think about Ford alongside the evolution of workers at Amazon. Presently the U.S.’s second largest employer, ...