Around the world, such robots are increasingly used in industrial inspection, disaster response, defence operations, and research missions.

The HippoBots robotics team from St. John School in Russellville won two prestigious awards at the Love at First Byte VEX IQ Competition.

AI-driven autonomous robots are coming to biology laboratories, but researchers insist that human skills remain essential.

When soft music is playing in the background, a brief exchange with a robot can evoke unexpected feelings of intimacy. Researchers were surprised to discover how much of a role the background music ...

Can you design a mechanism that will trace out the shape of a heart? How about the shape of a moon, or a star? Mechanism ...

Thirty-two robotics teams from schools as far away as Fresno converged to compete at the Mark Richardson Center for Technical Education recently, and ...

Robot vacuums are only worth it when they actually reduce the number of times you have to think about cleaning. A lot of models still need babysitting: empty the bin, refill the water, wash the mop, ...

Nilmani Singh is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign working with robotics and AI to improve laboratory automations. In this Postdoc Portrait, he shares how ...

Moya is a new Chinese humanoid robot from DroidUp with cameras behind its eyes, lifelike facial expressions, and warm, soft "muscle" materials.

Physical AI refers to intelligent systems that can sense, reason, and act inside the physical world. These systems do not remain limited to screens, servers, or digital spaces. Instead, they operate ...

It takes more than words to cure a lonely heart. Scientists have discovered that adding music to a robot's repertoire makes it feel more lifelike and emotionally supportive.

Buyer beware, robot vacuums are often handy, but choosing the wrong brand and appliance can actually increase the time one spends on household chores.