At ETH Zurich's Robotic Systems Lab, engineers have created ANYmal-D, a four-legged robot that can play badminton with people. This project brings together robotics, artificial intelligence and sports ...

Ahh, yes. Robot horror games, the latest entry in the horror scene. Horror games aren’t just about creepy ghosts or lurking monsters anymore. Some of the scariest stories are about the cold, ...

The more we interact with robots, the more human we perceive them to become – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. It may sound like a scene from Blade Runner, but ...

They say that the protagonist of a story should be relatable to whoever’s experiencing it. Obviously, the easiest way to do that is to make your protagonist human, but that’s not a hard and fast ...

AlphaBot 2 wants to beat humans at their own game. When the robot is asked if it wants to play dice, it can interpret the question and jump into action – pressing the button on an automatic dice ...

Despite their wobbliness, the robot soccer players in Beijing demonstrated visual recognition and positioning abilities, aided by cameras and sensors. They could, for instance, detect the ball from as ...

When it comes to robot musicians, talent runs the gamut about as much as it does for humans. From the bizarre double-armed machine that made a guest appearance in Sweden last fall when it played cello ...

See new human-shaped robots, including MIMA’s skill-glove training for dishes and laundry, so you can gauge real home-ready ...

"Logistics companies are under continuous pressure to deliver items faster and for lower cost, which puts a lot of strain on operations to maintain reliability while rapidly adapting for the future," ...

The central premise of “Marjorie Prime,” now on Broadway with Cynthia Nixon, June Squibb, Danny Burstein and Christopher Lowell, is that technology might allow the creation of bespoke robots allowing, ...

Clanker, rust bucket, tinskin — slang words used to put down robots are on the rise. As AI and robots threaten to replace human work and maybe even humans, the recent popularity of anti-robot lingo ...

Jordan Harrison's sci-fi tale about robots that help people grieve receives its first Broadway production with Cynthia Nixon.