Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They're ...

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What happens when thousands of AI agents get together online and talk like humans do? That’s what a new social network called Moltbook, designed just for AI bots and not people, aims to find out.

Humanoid robots that move and work like people have long been a science fiction staple, but Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang now says they are only months away from reality. At CES 2026 he argued that advances ...

The Columbia University researchers achieved the feat by allowing their robot, EMO, to study itself in a mirror. It learned ...

A new social network created specifically for AI chatbots has sparked strange — and potentially alarming behavior among the bots interacting there. According to The Washington Post, citing evidence ...

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A new platform, Moltbook, claims to host 1.4 million AI agents in a closed society. Discover why this "hive mind" signals a ...

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You might assume that Tesla has the humanoid robot stage to itself, but several Chinese automakers are also sprinting toward the same goal. Among them, EV startup Xpeng is taking the lead, planning to ...

Foxconn, the biggest electronics manufacturer in the world, announced Tuesday it plans to bring human-like robots into its Houston facility that makes AI servers for Nvidia. The move marks a major ...

Robots are getting better at seeing, hearing, and moving, but touch has always been the missing piece. At CES 2026, Ensuring Technology showcased a new kind of artificial skin that could finally give ...