Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals ...

Humanoid robot investments face skepticism as industry leader Rodney Brooks warns current designs may never deliver.

When he was a boy in Hong Kong, Kenny Poon loved to watch Japanese cartoons, and remembers being transfixed by a scene of a restaurant kitchen staffed by robots. “I said, ‘I’m going to open a kitchen ...

Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying ...

Adult Swim has been home to several iconic TV series over the years, but when it comes to riffing on pop culture, nothing ...

MINI Robots are modular, smart toys featuring a separable base-and-robot design. Each piece ensures a lifelike performance ...

A single AI model trained to control numerous robotic bodies can operate unfamiliar hardware and adapt eerily well to serious ...

Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee has approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026. Human umpires will still call balls ...

Major League Baseball's 11-man competition committee has approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026.

But Robin the Robot is different. Its main goal is to offer companionship and comfort — a noble goal, but a role of AI models ...