A fruit sorting robot built by a British consulting firm may not sound like a riveting leap forward. In fact, it's one of the clearest indications yet that industrial automation is on the verge of a ...

A component-sorting robot picks up items at the Obeta warehouse in Ludwigsfelde, Germany, Jan. 16, 2020. At the facility near Berlin, the new kind of robot is automating tasks that until recently had ...

After a long day at work, it feels great plopping down onto a sofa, leaning back, and resting. It’s also the best time to enjoy a snack or a cold beverage, but no one wants to waste energy getting ...

Not far below the dream of owning a real lightsaber is the fantasy of every earthbound Jedi—owning one’s very own R2-D2. And if that droid can roll around and bring beer on command, all the better.

Robots are cool and I, for one, am looking forward to the day when I can have a robot clean the house and bring me drinks so I can keep playing video games. One geek has taken his dream of a robot ...