Soon, advances in perception algorithms, multimodal interaction, and indoor navigation gave the team a clear path to bring ...

John McCormick receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, they’re machines that perform automatic tasks and can be operated ...

To a robot, it might look like something from a horror film. Parts — a battery, circuit boards and wiring —are arrayed in pieces on a white lab bench. Metallic arms and legs lay inert on nearby ...

Powered by light, the robots carry computers and can move in complex patterns, say Penn Engineering and University of ...

In a joint advance from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan, engineers have designed the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever built – ...

Dressed in sensible Nordic knitwear, Bernt Bornich’s robotic manservant is more stylish than practical. Ask it to fetch a can of Coca-Cola from another room, and more often than not, something will ...

Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, they’re machines that perform automatic tasks and can be operated by humans, but sometimes work autonomously – without human help. Most ...

Brett Adcock, founder of humanoid robotics company Figure.ai, doesn’t mince words when it comes to his vision for the future. “We’re not building robots,” he says. “We’re building a new species.” He ...

Figure AI may be aiming much higher than just making robots. In an interview with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on Wednesday afternoon at the annual Dreamforce conference, Brett Adcock, founder and CEO ...

Researchers have created the world's smallest autonomous robots smaller than a grain of salt. These programmable ...