Earlier this year, when a 22-year-old factory worker at a Volkswagen plant in Germany died after being crushed against a metal plate by an assembly machine that mistook him for a car part, most news ...

Isaac Asimov was the first to talk about robotics when he set out his famous laws. Before analysing the history of robotics, it is interesting to note that the term itself dates back to the 20th ...

With many words which are commonly used in everyday vocabulary, we are certain that we have a solid grasp of what they do and do not mean, but is this really true? Take the word ‘robot’ for example, ...

Clanker, rust bucket, tinskin — slang words used to put down robots are on the rise. As AI and robots threaten to replace human work and maybe even humans, the recent popularity of anti-robot lingo ...

Companies from around the world traveled to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month to show off their latest ...

When it comes to ultra-humanlike Westworld-style robots, one of their most defining features are lips that move in perfect ...

It's one thing for mechatronics experts to cluster amongthemselves, sharing insights on their various disciplines. It's quiteanother for someone like Eric Gradman, a roboticist at a company ...

Scientists have created a robot that learns lip movements by watching humans rather than following preset rules. The ...

Victor, the Scrabble-playing robot, does not like to lose. It’s arguably his most human quality. Even when he’s winning, he tries to get under your skin. Dr. Reid Simmons, who developed Victor with ...

A robot might not have the same types of conversations or face-to-face interactions as a human, but students in Northwestern Engineering's Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) program proved it can ...