Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The history of robots in manufacturing goes back to 1962, when a 4,000-pound, one-armed ...

TL;DR: Elon Musk predicts widespread demand for Tesla's Optimus humanoid robots, aiming for 500,000 units by 2027. He envisions a future with a high robot-to-human ratio, potentially eliminating the ...

There’s a long history of robots taking jobs that are difficult enough for humans to resent, resist, or outright fear. But a new crop of bots is tackling tasks that even machines might calculate to be ...

Elektro, a robot built by Westinghouse in 1937, was a star at the World's Fair in 1939-40. Photo: Courtesy of Scott Schaut/Mansfield Memorial Museum Photo: Scott Schaut/Mansfield Memorial Museum ...

It was only a matter of time before man made robots accessible to everyday people. That day seems to be here, with the announcement that Sprint stores will soon start selling a humanoid robot named ...

In the 1950s, as Isaac Asimov’s Foundation short stories were fixed up into his Foundation novels, the author was dabbling with a different sci-fi continuity altogether, the future history of robots.