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The machines continue to rise. Researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) to train a robotic program to do parts of a gallbladder removal surgery, or a cholecystectomy. The robotic surgeon ...

CONCORD, N.H. — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center doctors have a surprising new addition to their team of heart surgeons: a $2.5 million robot. By mid-August, the first two patients had undergone ...

Robots can serve pizza, crawl over alien planets, swim like octopuses and jellyfish, cosplay as humans, and even perform surgery. But can they walk on water? Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing ...

We've seen robot dogs run up hills with luggage, and help fight fires. Now, researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich are putting these mechanical mutts through their paces on the badminton court, ...

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North American robot orders surge 4.3% in the first half of 2025, driven by automotive industry investments and collaborative robot growth, which captured nearly 25% market share. New data from the ...

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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is increasingly positioned his company as one centered on robotics. Thibaud Moritz/AFP via Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang knows a thing or two about spotting the next big ...

Stairs are the enemy of robot vacuums, and Eufy says it has a solution in its new “Marswalker” solution that gives your cleaning robot its own climbing robot. The Eufy Marswalker is the “world’s first ...

What happened? Ecovacs revealed the Deebot X11 Omnicyclone robot vacuum at IFA 2025. Along with more suction than its predecessors, it offers improved runtimes, the ability to climb thresholds up to ...