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What is a robot? Well, it doesn't always look like a human. In fact, different roboticists have different definitions. But most agree that a robot needs to be a physical machine that can sense the ...

Horror stories from robot vacuum owners mostly stem from two fixable mishaps: They accidentally bought a dinky robot vacuum or merely haven't set their very capable robot vacuum up for success in the ...

MIT professor Daniela Rus explains how AI-powered robots are being trained to safely assist in homes and daily life.

A year and a bit into Figure's push toward humanoid robot laborers, founder Brett Adcock talks to us about how they'll enter the workforce, how they're being trained, how language model AIs will be ...