Once upon a time, machine learning was an arcane field, the preserve of a precious few researchers holed up in grand academic institutions. Progress was slow, and hard won. Today, however, just about ...

Home robotics is entering a more demanding phase. The question is no longer whether a robot can execute an impressive ...

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The business need for automation continues to grow as manufacturers look to ramp up volume and improve quality, cost and employee safety. Many new ...

Just like bees, the individual robots in this simulation have no master plan. Simply by responding to local cues, they are able to construct honeycomb-like structures. The method could presage a new ...

As humanoid robots move from labs into homes, stores, and warehouses, a simple question is gaining urgency: who teaches them how to behave around people? Companies are testing machines that can walk, ...

Picking up a simple object is intuitive for a human, but it's much trickier for a robot. Machines directed by artificial intelligence have historically found it very difficult to navigate awkwardly or ...

If you’ve used a smart voice assistant such as Alexa, Siri and whatever-Google’s-smart-assistant-is-called, you’ll probably have noticed that the tech is getting smarter every day. Google can wait on ...

Robots don’t give a damn about your feelings, and that bothers people working with and around them. “We have been making algorithms that make robots greedy and jerky,” said Melonee Wise, vice ...