Coco and Serve Robotics have been operating food delivery robots in Chicago since late 2024, with 83% of residents in the 1st ...

Aniket Bera’s lab works with applications that include virtual therapy, autonomous vehicles and rescue bots like this robot dog, marrying the hardware of robots with the software of artificial ...

From study buddies to health care helpers, Purdue professor Sooyeon Jeong is designing robots that listen, respond and build trust.

When people ask “will robots will take my job,” they often picture automation replacing human workers. But the real question isn’t whether robots will take jobs—it’s how they will change the way work ...

Fauna Robotics is launching Sprout as a developer platform for humanoid robots. The robot features 29 degrees of freedom and ...

Meta on Friday announced PARTNR, a new program designed to study human-robot interaction (HRI). The research is specifically focused on how humans and robots might collaborate in the home environment.

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

Swarm Intelligence, inspired by collective behaviors in nature, is now being applied to robotics, enabling multiple humanoid robots to collaborate seamlessly on complex tasks. UBTech's Walker S1 ...

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With only three months until Christmas, companies are already planning for the holiday retail rush. When you go to buy online this holiday season, there's a good chance a robot is helping to fulfill ...

General Motors Co. worker Annie Ignaczak spent years walking in circles on concrete factory floors, assembling the same parts and counting down hundreds of pieces she and her coworkers needed to ...

Warehouse robotics is in serious growth mode. According to Next Move Strategy Consulting, more than 51,000 autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) were shipped globally in 2023 — a figure projected to hit 180 ...