I’m not above doing some gig work to make ends meet. In my life, I’ve worked snack food pop-ups in a grocery store, ran the cash register for random merch booths, and even hawked my own plasma at $35 ...

A robotic arm that moves too quickly can feel creepy. One that moves too slowly feels awkward and unhelpful. In a VR study, researchers found that AI-powered prosthetic arms were best accepted when ...

Rather than offering a revolutionary new approach to gig work, RentAHuman is filled with bots that just want me to be another cog in the AI hype machine.

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a new methodology for a robot to learn how to move its arms autonomously by combining a type of observational learning with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China-based robotics firm LimX Dynamics has carried out a large-scale demonstration of autonomous humanoid robots operating in ...

HONG KONG, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Chinese robotics firm UBTech (9880.HK), opens new tab said on Wednesday it had signed a deal with the world's largest planemaker, Airbus (AIR.PA), opens new tab, to ...

Humanoid robots are on the brink of being commercially useful, say Chinese and US firms that in the past three months have announced plans to produce them at scale. Many researchers agree that there ...

This image depicts the real-time transfer of a human’s motion to a robotic avatar, enabling the latter to perform a dexterous task. Accelerating progress in robotic automation promises to ...

Not everybody agrees that replicating the four-limbed, bipedal shape of a human should be replicated in robot form. For one, walking with two feet is inherently less stable than four, nevermind a set ...

In 2021, 60 Minutes visited the offices of robotics company Boston Dynamics and met an early model of its humanoid robot, Atlas. It could run, jump and maintain its balance when pushed. But it was ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. Aliza Chasan ...

Jackery, a provider of solar power and backup solutions, is showcasing new products at CES 2026. The lineup includes a Solar Gazebo, with solar panels replacing the roof tiles, integrated power outlet ...