Building a robot that can reliably perceive, plan, and act in the real world is hard—especially when conditions change minute ...

Bacteria-scale robots that can run for months without human control are no longer a lab fantasy. Researchers have now built fully programmable micro-machines, smaller than a grain of salt, that can ...

Smaller than a grain of salt, the light-powered bots can think, sense and act on their own, opening up new possibilities in manufacturing and medicine Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and ...

SoftBank's humanoid robot "Pepper" can lead funerals. Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO/Alamy Live News News of a Japanese robot conducting Buddhist funerals got us thinking about how our robot-filled future ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

What if a robot could handle cleaning, serving and even complex tasks around your home or workplace? That's exactly what X Square Robot hopes to deliver with its latest launch. The company just ...

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. Chinese robot manufacturer Unitree just launched the “world’s first” humanoid robot app ...

HoloRadar uses radio waves to see around corners, allowing it to detect people at T-shaped intersections like the one pictured here. Penn Engineers have developed a system that lets robots see around ...

Researchers demonstrate that misleading text in the real-world environment can hijack the decision-making of embodied AI systems without hacking their software. Self-driving cars, autonomous robots ...