robots

About 15,000 robots named “Pepper” are used in Japanese and European banks, fast service restaurants, and healthcare settings. Pepper is now in US bank branches too — HSBC has them in select locations to help answer basic customer questions.
Science & Technology
Will the next wave of humanoid robots make our lives better — or steal our jobs?
Arts, Culture & Media
Make a New Friend
Arts, Culture & Media
“Ex Machina” Director Alex Garland Says, Love Your Robot
Arts, Culture & Media
Five Things You Had To See Online This Week
Arts, Culture & Media
Real-Life Battle Mechs to Duke It Out
Biohybrid Robots, Neanderthal Art. Feb 23, 2018, Part 2
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A soft robotic system that gently tugged on the esophagus of a pig proved to elongate the organ by 10 millimeters.
Health
New mechanical cell-manipulation technique could provide pathways into fixing disorders — even cancer
Are You There Siri? It’s Me, Margaret: A Look at The Rapidly Changing World of AI
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Sophia, a robot integrating the latest technologies and artificial intelligence developed by Hanson Robotics is pictured during a presentation at the "AI for Good" Global Summit at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland Jun
Technology
Saudi Arabia has a new citizen: Sophia the robot. But what does that even mean?
Technology
Wearable, implantable ‘soft robots’ could someday make our bodies stronger
Lucy Kelly is seen on a screen attached to a telepresence robot
Technology
Need to be in two places at once? Try a telepresence robot.
Rethink Robotics' Baxter, which the company markets as a "safe, flexible, affordable alternative to outsourced labor and fixed automation."
Business
Here’s why robots aren’t going to take your job
"Female" robots Tessy and Tess wear white stiletto heels and pole dance during a demonstration at the Tobit Software stand at the 2014 CeBIT trade fair in Hanover, Germany.
Technology
The ‘sexy robot’ idea has a long history. Is it also the future of loneliness?
Berlin artist Kolja Kugler and his animatronic puppet Sir Elton Junk.
Environment
One man’s junk is another man’s robot