With AI beginning to look as if it has reached a deployment plateau — if not a lessening of hype — high-tech promoters and investors are on the hunt for the next big thing. And they're focusing on ...

We humans have mastered fire, split the atom, and shot ourselves into space. We've built machines that can outthink us and tools that can cook us lunch or cut open our chests to perform life-saving ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate ...

The prototype of humanoid robots has thus long resided within human imagination since the era of mythology.▶In 1973, Japan’s ...

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What makes a robot truly intelligent? Is it the ability to solve complex equations in milliseconds or something more human-like—such as recognizing a misplaced object in a cluttered room or adapting ...

Courtney doesn’t have eyes, but it’s got sensors everywhere. There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils. It’s been described as a “large cooler on ...

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 ...

Amazon will soon use more robots in its warehouses than human employees — with more than 1 million machines already deployed across facilities, according to a report. Many of these robots cover the ...

No basketball. No volleyball, long jump, or steeplechase. Instead, the robot Olympics will have events that reflect how ...