Humanoid robots are being taught — by real humans, of course — how to do basic tasks like pouring coffee, folding laundry and opening fridges.

Imagine a robot that could do your laundry, make your bed, cook your dinner, or stock the dairy section at your local grocery store. Humans have long been able to teach robots how to do individual ...

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

Engineers and computer scientists are developing AI-powered robots that look and act human. Boston Dynamics invited 60 ...

Despite decades of progress, most robots are still programmed for specific, repetitive tasks. They struggle with the unexpected and can't adapt to new situations without painstaking reprogramming. But ...

The vision of robots as true partners in our daily work has remained just that—a vision. While we’ve seen an explosion of humanoid and semi-humanoid designs recently, these new platforms face a ...

The worldwide AI race is fast developing beyond the computer screen and focusing on the physical world around us. Top labs are intent on making "thinking" robots, with brains that mimic our own, which ...

What if robots could learn to adapt to their surroundings as effortlessly as humans do? The rise of quadruped robots, like Boston Dynamics’ Spot, is turning this vision into reality. By integrating ...

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Imagine walking downtown when you hear a loud bang coming from the construction site across the ...

Thanks to researchers at Georgia Tech, robots have taken several new steps towards replacing human labor – and not simply for dangerous tasks such as mining the depths of the Earth and exploring the ...

A growing workforce of robot controllers is teaching humanoids to move like people so they can work in factories and homes. The humanoid robots are being taught how to do basic tasks: pouring coffee, ...