Ever wanted to build a robot? Trick question. Everybody wants to build a robot. Since the dawn of man, it’s been our mission to create untethered beauty and then immediately subjugate it to our ...

Before we can live in a world of autonomous cars, we’re going to live through an awkward transition. Say hello to your robot chauffeur.

The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful. Isaac Asimov’s famous Three ...