Blue Is a New Low-Cost Force-Controlled Robot Arm

Designed to safely perform intricate, human-centered tasks, Blue will cost $5k and help accelerate research towards useful home robots.

The Genesis of Kuri the Companion Robot

The design evolution of Kuri, from prototype to consumer product, provides a fascinating glimpse into a new era of interaction between humans and increasingly sophisticated machines.

Japan’s and the world’s future with robots

It may not be long before humans coexist with robots. So let’s take it positively and move forward.

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.

A cargo-carrying robot that follows in your footsteps

Gita is an autonomous robot that navigates indoors and outdoors carrying up to 40 lbs.

Hints at final development stages of AI house robot

The well known company is working hard to create an AI robot for use in the home, capable of not only assisting with daily tasks but also of building an emotional relationship with humans.

Boston Dynamics' Atlas: A Bipedal Robot with Smooth Moves

The technology in Atlas, the bipedal robot from Boston Dynamics, could change the future of disaster response and household ‘bots alike.

Robot room service is coming to US hotels courtesy of startup Savioke

It’s easy to look at your smartphone and think you live in the future. But the past’s imagining of the future promised us a lot more robot butlers.

Smart robots divide opinion in Davos

Artificially intelligent robots are only in their infancy, but Davos is already blaming them for the future destruction of jobs, the middle class and even the human race. However, some people at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) think robots are getting an unfair hearing.

MIT May Be Able to Get Robots to Wash the Dishes

A team of scientists at the renowned institution MIT is looking to teach an automaton how to clean up after you in the kitchen.

Robot butlers are finally a reality [+video]

PAL Robotics has been working on its REEM-x lineup of wheeled humanoid robots for some time. Now it