AI & Robotics

Films and TV shows have offered us myriad archetypes of what robots could be like -- as varied as the terrifyingly clever Cylons of "Battlestar Galactica," the intrepid R2-D2 in...

Engineered Arts, a UK-based robotics company, has unveiled a humanoid robot that can display human-like expressions with the most accuracy. Named Ameca, it is the world’s most advanced human-shaped robot...

Origami- and kirigami-based metamaterials have applications from robotics to medical devices. The ancient arts of origami, the art of paper-folding, and kirigami, the art of paper-cutting, have gained popularity in...

Using robotics for many medical procedures has become standard practice within the past decade but one Peninsula surgeon has mastered the complex task, reaching a milestone many haven’t surgeons haven’t...

FRUITPORT — Coach Kris Cole is beside himself when talking about Fruitport’s First Tech Challenge (FTC) Techno Trojans middle school robotics team.And that’s appropriate. The middle school team has doubled...

From doing dishes to dusting to laundry to mopping and vacuuming, chores can feel endless. While we don’t have robot butlers that can do everything for us, there are tools,...

While robots are becoming increasingly sophisticated to perform more and more tasks typically reserved for humans, one thing they haven’t quite mastered is social skills. That could change in the...

Engineered Arts, a U.K.-based robotics company, has debuted a humanoid robot named Ameca, and it’s making folks pretty uncomfortable.In a video posted on Engineered Arts’ Vimeo channel, you can see...

Visual effects (VFX) startup Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ), which delivers feature-film quality visual effects to Hollywood studios, has announced that it has raised $5.3 million in Series A funding. The...

(ipopba/iStock/Getty Images) Ah, Friday evening. A time when, even though the news may continue, many people stop paying attention to it, as they accept the relief offered by a weekend...