Companies from around the world traveled to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month to show off their latest ...

Tesla's Optimus is pitched as an all-purpose humanoid robot that can do the heavy lifting on factory floors and free us from ...

A humanoid learned to control its facial motors by watching itself in a mirror before imitating human lip movement from ...

Humanoid robot companies employ armies of human operators to train their machines by doing tasks like squatting and washing ...

Dr. Angelica Lim, an associate professor of computing science at Simon Fraser University, leads a team that is trying to make ...

Humans pay enormous attention to lips during conversation, and robots have struggled badly to keep up. A new robot developed ...

Paro is a fluffy robot that looks like a baby harp seal. Made in Japan, this pet-type robot responds to touch, position, light, and voice to move its flippers and tail, lift its head, blink its ...

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LG debuted its CLOiD household chore robot at CES 2026. The robot is able to load the washing machine and take care of ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

In 1982, personal computers were beige, boxy, and built for engineers. They were powerful, but uninviting. Few people knew what they were for, or why they might need one. It took more than just better ...

A new artificial skin unveiled at CES 2026 could give robots human-like sensitivity, helping machines better understand ...