Engineers developed a system that helps robots quickly map a scene and identify items they need to complete a set of tasks. Imagine having to straighten up a messy kitchen, starting with a counter ...

Disaster sites vary as widely as rescue missions. Using robotics to help often requires multiple robots to survey, climb, ...

Scientists in Japan say they have developed a new approach – dubbed 'HEAPGrasp' – that improves robots' grasping success rate for transparent and shiny objects, beyond reducing handling time, using ...

In crowded environments, more robots don’t always mean faster results—in fact, too many can bring everything to a standstill.

It’s always nice to simulate a project before soldering a board together. Tools like QUCS run locally and work quite well for ...

"You're making my heart race," the woman reportedly said after the robot's proximity surprised her CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty A humanoid robot startled an elderly woman in China earlier this ...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation Thursday that would ban the federal government from obtaining or operating unmanned Chinese robots.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26 (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators on Thursday planned to introduce a bill that would ban the government from buying or operating humanoid robots made by Chinese firms. Tom Cotton ...

A McDonald’s in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai is testing humanoid robots in roles usually the preserve of human workers, with other types of robots also let loose inside the restaurant to greet and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation Thursday that would ban the ...