Robots are good at a few simple things. They can lift and carry huge objects, fly around like dragonflies, and murder our families while we watch, their cold circuits flitting with nascent feelings of ...

Japan has the oldest population in the world, and that’s causing an acute labor shortage. With almost a third of the population aged 65 and above, finding workers can be a challenge. Increasingly, ...

IN a vast warehouse, three of Amazon’s newest recruits are resting with their arms behind their heads, legs splayed out. With the flick of a button that marks the end of break time, they roll up to a ...

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As Tesla and other tech companies rush to release humanoid service robots, how can businesses ensure their autonomous assistants are safe for human interaction?

Hapless Boston Dynamics robot in shelf-stacking fail – video This outtake was part of a TED talk demonstrating the advances made by formerly Google-owned Boston Dynamics. Though robots have come a ...

Scientists are one step closer to creating cyborgs after fusing human tissue to a robot and making it walk. In what has been hailed as a ‘giant leap’ for cyborg robotics, researchers from the ...