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 ...

For optimal results, place your robot vacuum and docking station in an open, clear space near a power outlet. The power ...

General Motors Co. worker Annie Ignaczak spent years walking in circles on concrete factory floors, assembling the same parts ...

In the first days of my son’s life, during the fall of 2023, he spent much of the time when he wasn’t sleeping or eating engaged in what some cognitive scientists call “motor babbling.” His arms and ...

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New ...

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

A new tech company is hoping to revolutionize the way we do laundry and we got to see it firsthand at CES 2025. Corin Cesaric is a Flex Editor at CNET. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism ...

Dozens of companies are building robots that look like humans. One of them is training a machine to be a butler and will soon test them in homes. Dozens of companies are building robots that look like ...

Researchers are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by biology. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and TU ...

For all their technological brilliance, from navigating distant planets to performing complex surgery, robots still struggle ...