The social-media hive mind recently took a break from circulating humorous cat videos and set out on a new path: circulating humorous robot videos. In many ways, the robots were simply picking up ...

Perhaps you've heard that Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down. That's a neat trick, but it's nothing compared to BALLU, certainly the most unique and innovative robot you'll come across today.

EVERETT — They’re better known by another name, but to keep this clean we’ll call them “shoddy” robots. Imagine a Rube Goldberg machine that uses a microprocessor or a drone — instead of two-by fours ...

A storm system dumping rain on California left streets flooded earlier this week, and it proved to be too much for a food-delivery robot. The post Funny Video: Heavy Rain Proves Too Much for This ...

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Often seen as futuristic, and maybe a bit silly, robots are already changing urban life. Over the past couple of weeks, tech news outlets all seem to be talking about one thing – robots in our cities.

Siri has all the right answers and then some. Robots have no trouble tackling straight forward questions, but the more esoteric or punnier queries can trip them up because, well, they're not human.

Humans and robots have long worked together in factories. But how do they really feel about each other? The robots, you might think, feel nothing. That’s why they’re so useful. But a researcher at ...