Tesla's Optimus is pitched as an all-purpose humanoid robot that can do the heavy lifting on factory floors and free us from ...

Humans pay enormous attention to lips during conversation, and robots have struggled badly to keep up. A new robot developed ...

Despite all the dystopian science fiction literature and films in which machines have taken over the world and dehumanized ...

Humanoid robots pose unique safety risks. That's driving a push for new standards before they start sharing our workplaces and homes. Last year, a humanoid warehouse robot named Digit set to work ...

From sassy humanoids, to AI-powered pets and chore-handling assistants, we sought out as many cute, strange and capable ...

As robots enter human workplaces, leaders must account for key interaction dynamics, since trust, safety, pacing and ...

While neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction — just think of C-3PO in Star Wars or Marvin in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — they haven't really been a focus of research into how ...

Neurotic personalities are a staple of science fiction. Researchers who study how people react to robot personalities have recently found that... People like extroverted robots — but they relate to ...