Robots are everywhere in our imaginations—helping older adults at home, stocking warehouses, cleaning offices, and taking on dangerous jobs that humans shouldn’t have to do. Yet outside of factories ...

Swarm Intelligence, inspired by collective behaviors in nature, is now being applied to robotics, enabling multiple humanoid robots to collaborate seamlessly on complex tasks. UBTech's Walker S1 ...

When it comes to teamwork, we could all learn something from ants. These relatively simple, small-brained animals are famous ...

A robot could be your next bartender or barista. And to take it one step further: They can use artificial intelligence to create a better experience, including reading your mood to more accurately ...

This robot made by Noetix is about 94cm tall and weighs about 12kg. It is mainly aimed at education and companionship scenarios for families. The initial price is 9998 yuan (US$1406.89). The product ...

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 ...

In crowded environments, more robots don’t always mean faster results—in fact, too many can bring everything to a standstill.

From left, engineering professor Morteza Lahijanian and graduate student Karan Muvvala watch as a robotic arm completes a task using wooden blocks. Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory.

Just like bees, the individual robots in this simulation have no master plan. Simply by responding to local cues, they are able to construct honeycomb-like structures. The method could presage a new ...

In the previous part of this blog series, i-Robot: A new approach to robotics to make our life easier and safer, Part 6, I described robots that can assist people that are not self-sufficient. There ...