Scientists have unveiled what they claim is the first newsreading android - with a sense of humour to match her language skills. The adolescent-looking "Kodomoroid" - an amalgamation of the Japanese ...

In a world designed for humans, robots that look and behave like us could have advantages over their wheeled counterparts. Now engineers from Italy have developed a humanoid robot that they say can ...

Be afraid, be very afraid – the dystopian future of genetically-engineered robots featured in 1982 Harrison Ford film Blade Runner is coming towards us now. A new exhibition entitled "Android: What is ...

If you don't like artificial intelligence, you might want to look away now. Electronics manufacturer Toshiba is currently showing off a new android robot at CES in Las Vegas that looks, talks, sings ...