In the years to come, robots will help offset worker shortages in health care, manufacturing and other industries, experts ...

Whether we like it or not, AI is responsible for much of what makes modern robot vacuums so autonomous.

Despite huge technical progress, these robots are still clumsy at handling everyday tasks in homes or hospitals or other ...

AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase.

Robot arms do not come for free. The Saros Z70 is a very expensive robovac, and there are performance penalties too; the arm takes up space that could otherwise have been used for a bigger dustbin or ...

When I bought my first robot vacuum, I thought my floors would thereafter be effortlessly spotless—endlessly patrolled by a 24/7 custodian, with absolutely no work required on my part. Today, there ...

The AgiBot X2 can do hip-hop moves, Tai Chi, and even a full split. I saw it at MWC 2026 and was captivated.

It’s hard to imagine anything much more entertaining than watching robots dance and groove to music. But tonight you won’t have to imagine it, because Robot Prom will be packed with costumed humans, ...

The rolling robots that deliver groceries and hot meals across Los Angeles are getting an upgrade. Coco Robotics, a UCLA-born ...

A dozen or so young men and women, eyes obscured by VR headsets, shuffle around a faux kitchen inside a tech company’s Silicon Valley headquarters. Their arms are bent at the elbows, palms facing down ...

We humans have mastered fire, split the atom, and shot ourselves into space. We've built machines that can outthink us and tools that can cook us lunch or cut open our chests to perform life-saving ...