Meet the future face of healthcare assistance - a friendly faced robot named Pepper. Its diction is still a little odd, and his movements sometimes a bit hesitant, but the robot is all geared up to ...

A new manufacturing robot equipped with smart ‘skin’ could allow humans to work alongside industrial machines with no barrier in between. Bosch demonstrated how its robotic arm, fitted with the ...

Robot skin that senses touch and pain — and triggers instant reflexes — makes robots more like humans. It probably also makes ...

Introduction In recent years, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics has ushered in a new era of ...

As part of "Smart Home 2.0", SwitchBot is showcasing biometric locks, a feel-good LED sphere, and an AI robot that adapts its ...

Scientists have created a tiny robot, inspired by a pangolin, that could swim around the body. The soft robot is able to drop off cargo, heat up, stop bleeding and more, scientists say. One day it ...

One in four people would rather work for a robot than their current boss. At least this is what reed.co.uk consumers had to say when we surveyed over 2,000 of them. At the same time, many people fear ...

An unmanned robot has been used to stitch together a pig's bowel, moving science a step closer to automated surgery, say experts. Unlike existing machines, the Star robot is self-controlled - it doesn ...

Rodney Brooks is a roboticist who despises cute, seal pup-eyed "companion robots". "Robots should work!" he shouts during an otherwise calm interview in the Boston headquarters of Rethink Robotics, ...

Robots are becoming an increasingly popular feature of workplaces worldwide; do they need similar rights to their flesh and blood colleagues? (AFP/Getty) Was it a misstep or a deliberate act of ...

An unmanned robot has been used to stitch together a pig's bowel, moving science a step closer to automated surgery, say experts. Unlike existing machines, the Star robot is self-controlled - it doesn ...