Italian researchers have decided enlisted the help of a robot assistant that can learn how to help build IKEA furniture without pre-programming movements.

Learning through demonstration The IIT group has developed a robot whose purpose in life is to help a person build an IKEA table.

On the robot side we had the Chinese company Kuka’s Agilus robotic arm. Kuka’s website lists 17 possible functions for the 114-pound, six-axis robot, including assembly, packaging and forging ...

Computer science researchers aim to teach robots how to predict human preferences in assembly tasks, so they can one day help out on everything from building a satellite to setting a table.

It's official: the intersection of robotics and competitive sports has arrived with China's three-day World Humanoid Robot ...