Firms are working to make the motors that drive robots more efficient and cheaper.

Going into 2026, it is important to note that the accelerated growth seen in the robotics industry has been against a backdrop of uncertain political policies and high cost of capital.

Picture this: A dairy barn full of cows being milked, fed and cleaned up after, but there’s no farmer in sight. Sounds a bit unusual, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think. Thanks to ...

A NEW TWIST ON AN OLD TEST. People are likely to perform better cognitively when under the supervision of a “mean” robot than a “nice” one, according to a study published in Science Robotics on ...

In an effort to help short-staffed custodians, one of the largest school districts in Washington invested over $1 million in ...

Many robots today are able to follow verbal instructions. However, the robot first has to be programmed with software code that allows it to respond to those instructions in some predetermined way, ...

Moscow -- Russian media say a contraption presented by Russian state television as a high-tech robot was in fact a man in a commercially available robot costume. The video was shot at a high-tech show ...

At a glance Expert's Rating Pros ・Powerful vacuuming ・Effective mopping ・Avoids all obstacles Cons ・Dust bag in base can’t be ...

It was January 25th of 1979, at an unassuming Michigan Ford Motor Company factory. Productivity over the past years had been ...