Firms are working to make the motors that drive robots more efficient and cheaper.

A NEW TWIST ON AN OLD TEST. People are likely to perform better cognitively when under the supervision of a “mean” robot than a “nice” one, according to a study published in Science Robotics on ...

Going into 2026, it is important to note that the accelerated growth seen in the robotics industry has been against a backdrop of uncertain political policies and high cost of capital.

Many robots today are able to follow verbal instructions. However, the robot first has to be programmed with software code that allows it to respond to those instructions in some predetermined way, ...

In an effort to help short-staffed custodians, one of the largest school districts in Washington invested over $1 million in ...

The simple cucumber may be delicious on a salad or in a sandwich, but getting it to the table is a labor-intensive and increasingly expensive job, to the point where countries like Germany are in ...

Moscow -- Russian media say a contraption presented by Russian state television as a high-tech robot was in fact a man in a commercially available robot costume. The video was shot at a high-tech show ...

It was January 25th of 1979, at an unassuming Michigan Ford Motor Company factory. Productivity over the past years had been ...

At a glance Expert's Rating Pros ・Powerful vacuuming ・Effective mopping ・Avoids all obstacles Cons ・Dust bag in base can’t be ...