They may seem like scenes out of a slapstick comedy, but viral robot mishaps are no laughing matter — experts even warn they could foreshadow a “Terminator”-level apocalypse. A humanoid dance bot was recently performing for patrons at the Haidilao hotpot restaurant in San Jose,

We've been obsessed with humanoid robots for a long time, more than a century in fact. While most credit Czech writer Karel Čapek with coining the term "robot" in 1920, we now have evidence of a robot run amok from one of film's first artists: George Méliès.

A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the edge of plodding, and arm movements bordered on sluggish and ...

Google introduces Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6, a new AI system designed to improve robots' reasoning, spatial understanding, and real-world decision-making abilities.

With their ability to shapeshift and manipulate delicate objects, soft robots could work as medical implants, deliver drugs inside the body and help explore dangerous environments. But the squishy machines are often limited by rigid mechanical parts or external systems that provide power or help them move.

Just 15 runners lined up at the starting line for the first Boston Marathon in 1897. David Grilk hopes to get nearly that many robots to participate in a race he’s planning for Sunday, April 19, in Boston’s Seaport.