Robust.AI co-founder Rodney Brooks, a pioneering roboticist and co-creator of the widely selling Roomba robot vacuum, ...

In the early hours of June 14, 2025, Melissa Hortman, her husband, Mark, and their dog, Gilbert, are murdered in their ...

Although they're constantly improving, robots aren't necessarily known for their gentle touch. A new robotic system from MIT and Stanford takes a unique stab at changing that, with a robot that uses ...

It'll likely be a while before we have humanoid robots taking over our household chores, but what you can count on sooner is seeing more robots in industrial settings, like factories and warehouses.

Scientists found a way to animate everyday objects and predict your next move, so your stapler is always nearby when you need ...

In its decades-long quest to mimic life, robotics has never had much trouble duplicating its brute force. Machines have long been capable of moving vehicles, assembling chips, and reaching the far ...

MIT engineers have built a fast, lightweight robotic arm that can play table tennis like a pro. Designed for high-speed accuracy, the robot sits at one end of a ping pong table and uses a standard ...

While investors are busy pouring billions of dollars into humanoid robots, an MIT roboticist who has been making robots for three decades claims they are wasting their money. Rodney Brooks, the ...

Rodney Brooks speaks at the TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium on July 17, 2017. While investors are busy pouring billions of dollars into humanoid robots, an MIT roboticist who ...

Robot’s bankruptcy filing marks a dramatic fall for the once-dominant robot vacuum maker. What does that mean for IRBT stock?

Biohybrid robots that run on real muscle are shifting from science fiction toward workable machines. In labs around the world, engineers have built tiny walkers, swimmers and gripping devices powered ...

While not 100% hands-free, it's miles ahead of where robot vacuums were only a few years ago.