College delivery robots were once known for being kicked and prodded at by students. Now, they're more common than ever.

With RoboBallet, the complexity of computation also grew with the complexity of the system, but at a far slower rate. (The ...

In the first days of my son’s life, during the fall of 2023, he spent much of the time when he wasn’t sleeping or eating engaged in what some cognitive scientists call “motor babbling.” His arms and ...

Burmese pythons are a big problem in southern Florida. CBC Kids News contributor Manny Brennan explains how robot rabbits are ...

It turns out you can teach a robot how to do the moonwalk and the Macarena. With a backdrop of pop music and Python code, Litchfield Middle School eighth graders set the wheels — and mechanical arms — ...

At the Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL 2025) held at Seoul’s COEX convention center on September 28, Rainbow Robotics and PLAIF unveiled a groundbreaking automotive headlamp assembly automation ...

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It's been a goal for as long as humanoids have been a subject of popular imagination—a general-purpose robot that can do rote ...

“With a robot with a high level of anthropomorphism, consumer empathy generates more negative responses and a lower level of satisfaction,” the report found. Instead, the researchers proposed designs ...

As the use of robots to replace human beings in dangerous situations becomes more common within local and state public safety agencies, a well-known robotics manufacturer has sounded the warning ...

Robots.txt just turned 30 – cue the existential crisis! Like many hitting the big 3-0, it’s wondering if it’s still relevant in today’s world of AI and advanced search algorithms. Spoiler alert: It ...