The Roombas in question were not commercially available — they were development robots given to testers. However, several researchers have uncovered privacy issues with robot vacuums produced by ...

Editor’s Note: Robert Playter is CEO of Boston Dynamics. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, industries that did not previously pose a health ...

A team of scientists at Tufts University in the US have created xenobots, tiny robots made from frog skin and heart cells that can walk, work together and heal themselves. Algorithms define the ...

China is deploying robots and drones to remotely disinfect hospitals, deliver food and enforce quarantine restrictions as part of the effort to fight coronavirus. Chinese state media has reported that ...

Humanoid robot Pepper is placed at the lobby area of a hotel in Tokyo reserved for coronavirus patients with mild or no symptoms. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images) Robots could soon be serving ...

This is the sort of robot which might benefit from being "socially intelligent" Artificial intelligence and robotics experts in Edinburgh are working to create what they hope will be the first ...

A Co-op supermarket worker cleans a Starship delivery robot (Photo by Darren Staples/Getty Images) The Co-op is increasing its use of robots to deliver goods from its stores, the company has announced ...

For robots, Tesla, Meta Platforms, Alphabet, and Nvidia have “foundational” technology, says Jonas. Siemens, Cognex, and ...

Technology could power innovative robotic applications, but attention needs to be paid to testing component parts, says Khushboo Kalyani of LitePoint. For industrial, automotive and manufacturing ...