Care bear robots to ease staff shortages in Japanese nurseries

Robots designed to look after children are being introduced in Japanese nurseries.

Robots and AI Will Take Over These 3 Medical Niches First

Robots and artificial intelligence are greatly advancing modern medicine. AI will help improve robot-assisted surgery, medical imaging, and drug discovery.

New robot rolls with the rules of pedestrian conduct

Approach may enable robots to move around hospitals, malls, and other areas with heavy foot traffic

Giant robots and 3D printers are building a futuristic house in Switzerland

Researchers from Zurich University plan to use giant robots and 3D printers to build “the first house in the world to be designed, planned and built using predominantly digital processes.”

Japan Develops Dual-Arm Remote Control Construction Robot

Researchers at Osaka University have developed a prototype robot with a double swing arm mechanism and hydraulically powered 'hands'.

Dubai deploys its RoboCop

Dubai police have deployed their first robotic officer as part of a long-term plan to automatize a large percentage of patrols.

3D-printed 'bionic skin' could give robots the sense of touch

Engineering researchers have developed a revolutionary process for 3D printing stretchable electronic sensory devices that could give robots the ability to feel their environment.

New AI Tech Can Mimic Any Voice

Montreal-based start-up is looking to change the way computer voices sound with an artificially intelligent system that learns to mimic a person’s voice.

Robots Are Replacing Human Workers at an Alarming Rate

We all know, or at least suspect, that robots are taking people’s jobs, but new research shows the dramatic degree to which industrial robots are replacing human workers and forcing down wages.

Ethics and artificial intelligence

Is there a uniform set of moral laws, and if so, can we teach artificial intelligence those laws to keep it from harming us? This is the question explored in an original short film recently released by The Guardian.

Kuri the adorable smart home robot can now detect your face

One of Kuri’s new powers is facial detection, which allows it to tailor its reactions and responses to respond to faces it sees. It’s a big step towards making Kuri a robot that feels like it has emotions and warmth.

This Delivery Robot Is Learning to Master Crosswalks

Inventors Starship Technologies have taught their robots to avoid traffic lights with buttons and are now giving them speakers and microphones to help them navigate pedestrian crossings.

The Tiny Robots Revolutionizing Eye Surgery

Machines that are capable of making precise operations inside the human eye will make it possible to perform entirely new procedures.

Robot reporter gets first article published in China

Reports are out that a Chinese robot has written and published its first newspaper article. The news comes the same month as a Japanese insurance company announced it was replacing 34 workers with an artificial intelligence system.

'Optical Nerves' Give This Prosthetic Hand a Super Sensitive Touch

The Gentle Bot's touch is so delicate, it's able to run its fingers over several tomatoes and pick out the ripest one.