What just happened? It appears that one thing humanoid robots still can't do better than their human counterparts is long-distance running. This fact was illustrated during a half-marathon in Beijing, ...

Many of the robots at CES are so basic they're not really robots at all, at least in the sense of being autonomous - as soon ...

Human–robot collaboration and interaction represent a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field in which robotics, artificial intelligence and human factors engineering converge to develop systems that ...

The outlook could be bleak or bright depending on how we view the rise of humanoid robots. Think of this quote from a book by Jacob Morgan: “While many futurists and business leaders believe that ...

Watching robots awkwardly flop around, cause robot body pile-ups on the soccer field, and accidentally lose their heads while taking part in a 1500-metre sprint at the first Robot Humanoid Games in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Jonathan Reichental covers technology in business and society. Toy versions of the popular droids R2-D2 and BB-8, part of the ...

Homer’s epic *Iliad* features golden maidservants crafted by Hephaestus, the blacksmith god. These human-like maidens would approach their master when he moved with a cane, offering support. They ...

NASA is quietly rewriting the script for human exploration of the Red Planet, turning robots from remote-controlled tools ...