The goal is to accelerate the path to fully autonomous humanoid robots ... maybe even ones that are as smart as we are.

Humanoid robots are moving rapidly from research labs into homes, hospitals, warehouses and care facilities, promising tireless help and perfectly patient companionship. Yet as machines grow more ...

This ain't teleoperation. Chinese researchers have tested a new, much quicker and easier method of teaching robots to play tennis, and the results look like a breakthrough in machine learning and real ...

We've seen robots walk, run, climb stairs and even recently finish a half-marathon. What we haven't seen until now is a robot gliding across the ice like an Olympic skater or spinning on one leg on ...

When Elon Musk talks about robotics, he rarely hides the ambition behind the dream. Tesla's Optimus is pitched as an all-purpose humanoid robot that can do the heavy lifting on factory floors and free ...