From sorting objects in a warehouse to navigating furniture while vacuuming, robots today use sensors, software control systems, and moving parts to perform tasks. The harder the task or more complex ...

As technology advances and robots learn new tricks like folding laundry, it makes people wonder, is my job safe? That is the name of an NPR series that looks at how tech is changing our work, and ...

Researchers at MIT have created a robot capable of constructing furniture and other large objects from reusable building blocks based solely on spoken commands. This innovative technology has the ...

I run CNET's vacuum testing lab. Here's how one of our top-rated vacuums cleaned up my home in real life. Jared Hannah Senior Technical Project Manager -- CNET Testing Labs Jared Hannah is a senior ...

Instead of building furniture themselves, robotics researchers at a Singapore university built a robot to build it for them. The robot's tasks were broken down into three parts ("motion planning, ...

Redefining clean living, Dreame’s Aqua10 Ultra Roller joins AI-engineered navigation with fresh water cleaning ...

Robot vacuums have evolved far beyond the basic “bump-and-spin” models that once dominated store shelves at budget prices. Roborock has firmly planted itself in the luxury segment of this market, ...

The Narwal Freo Z10 Ultra earned its spot among our CES favorites because it solves real problems that have plagued robot vacuums for years.