Cimon the 'floating' robot will join space station astronauts later this year

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will soon have a new crew member to interact with, a ball-sized robot dubbed 'Cimon'.

Daisy is Apple’s new iPhone-recycling robot

Daisy can take apart up to 200 iPhone devices per hour, removing and sorting components, so that Apple can recover materials that traditional recyclers can’t — and at a higher quality.

Two "robots" assemble a chair

Engineers were able to use robots to assemble a chair from IKEA, intended for human assembly. Robots with force sensors and a 3-D camera independently found grooves and coordinated actions to help each other.

UK Government Proposes Five Basic Principles to Keep AI safe and ethical

Britain is in a strong position to be a world leader in the development of artificial intelligence. But to get there—and to keep AI safe and ethical—tech firms should follow the Committee’s newly proposed “AI Code.”

MIT’s Biomimetic Soft Robot Swims With the Fishes

The lifelike movements of the robot mean it can navigate aquatic environments without triggering any discernible alarm among marine life.

XPRIZE Aims for Robot Avatars That Let You See, Hear, and Feel by 2021

The XPRIZE Foundation launches $10 million competition to build robot avatars that can be controlled from at least 100 kilometers away.

This Unsettling Robodog Can Now Escape Through (Unlocked) Doors

Robotics company releases video of the SpotMini, its four-legged and well-mannered machine.

Meet Erica, Japan's Next Robot News Anchor

Erica, a lifelike android designed to look like a 23-year-old woman, may soon become a TV news anchor in Japan.

Sophia, world’s first robot citizen, is now being trained to save lives

Dr David Hanson, who created the life-sized Sophia, was quoted saying that the humanoid is already being used to help research autism and other diseases.

Robots Are Now Beating Humans At Reading Comprehension Tests Too

The algorithm, which uses natural-language processing, managed to beat human scores on the Stanford Question Answering Dataset (SQuAD).

Teaching Machines to Think Like Humans

A new type of neural network made with memristors can dramatically improve the efficiency of teaching machines to think like humans.

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.

Robot passes China's national doctor qualification test

A Chinese robot has become the world’s first machine to pass a written medical exam, making futuristic ideas about robot doctors seem closer to reality.

Busy Robot Can Successfully Use an Elevator By Itself

Swiss robot ANYmal have been taught to do all kinds of helpful things all by itself, such as unplugging itself from a charge, climbing up slight ledges, and most recently, working an elevator.

Saudi Arabia is first country to grant citizenship to robot

A robot named “Sophia” has made history, as it became the first ever to be granted a full Saudi Arabian citizenship.