AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase.

Whether they’re delivering food or folding your laundry, consumer-facing robots are increasingly being designed to be more ...

Despite huge technical progress, these robots are still clumsy at handling everyday tasks in homes or hospitals or other ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Purdue University researcher Sooyeon Jeong is working to make robots more helpful and personable. Jeong, an assistant professor of computer science, leads a lab that focuses on ...

Robot designers are increasingly making bots cuter so that they are more attractive for humans to interact with.

AI-powered delivery robots from companies like Serve Robotics are replacing human drivers across the nation — but they can't ...

Last year, when The New York Times reported that Amazon’s robotics team’s ultimate goal was to automate 75% of the company’s operations, replacing more than half a million human jobs in an attempt to ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a system that could make social robots more effective at detecting and managing user interruptions in real time based on a human speaker's intent—a ...