It’s not every day you meet a sister who not only builds robots, is an expert in Artificial Intelligence, and worked for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, but is also a down-to-earth, humorous, old-school ...

Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a wake-up call for investors funneling billions into humanoid robot startups: you’re wasting your money. Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, ...

In the past seven months or so, we as a society have spent a lot more time at home. Some of us in the company of family, maybe some pets or maybe with some robots. Our computers, smartphones, smart ...

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a weekly series on characteristics of creativity. Next week’s piece will focus on acting teacher Elizabeth Kemp and the role of mentors. Rising from a crouch, as ...

NEW YORK — An extremely humanlike robot made a public appearance today (June 15) here at the Global Futures 2045 International Congress, a futuristic conference focused on the technological ...

Tesla is teasing its upcoming new Dojo supercomputer, and famed roboticist Dennis Hong all but confirms that his lab is going to be working with the automaker. Last month, Elon Musk announced that ...

"I shopped around for a pack that would be comfortable while walking around campus, yet remain stable at highway speeds on my motorcycle," says MIT roboticist James McLurkin of the backpack he carries ...

When everything goes to hell and robots set out to exterminate mankind, this is how they will do it, according to a roboticist who's writing a novel called Robopocalypse. "My robots do not throw ...

For the budding roboticist, omniwheels might be the next step in design patterns from your everyday “getting-started” robot kits. These wheels consist of tiny rollers that sit on the perimeter of the ...

In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our ...

We awake this morning to sad news of the premature passing of Grant Imahara at the age of 49 due to a brain aneurysm. Grant was best known for his role on the wildly popular Mythbusters television ...