The term "robot" and what it represents in our imaginations owes its popularity to the art world, far more than to robotics laboratories. Writers of science fiction, particularly during its golden age ...

Humanoid robots have long been a staple of science fiction, but there is now real progress being made. A range of new models made by or backed by the likes of Boston Dynamics, Tesla and OpenAI are ...

Remember when robots were just science-fiction fantasies or clunky machines bolted to factory floors? That world is vanishing before our eyes. While you’ve been focused on generative AI and digital ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

An eerily realistic humanoid robot — purported to be the “world’s first bipedal, musculoskeletal android” — twitched to life in a viral clip, which viewers have slammed as “dystopian” and “terrifying.

A robot that follows its owner like a pet, runs errands, and steps forward like a bodyguard to fend off threats is a ...

Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are designed to read stories, play games or offer comfort to children. They promise ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Everyone is obsessed with humanoid robots right now, but the director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory thinks tomorrow’s intelligent physical machines ...

The science fiction genre has produced at least one masterpiece in every decade since the 1920s, and these films have come to ...

A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble to find trapped victims or travel inside the human body to deliver medicine may seem like science fiction, but an international ...

The race to create AI-powered humanoid robots continues to accelerate as major tech and consumer companies eye investments and partnerships that create business uses that could scale. Manufacturing, ...

Failing to take the robotics race seriously means watching Beijing set the rules of the automated economy, and risks leaving American power to rust. China commands two-thirds of global robotics ...