Swimming pools are fun. Cleaning swimming pools is not fun. I learned this simple logic as a kid growing up in and around pools—it’s the only way to survive summer in Houston. Four years ago, I became ...

The United Nations’s chief wants humanity to forbid killer robots. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called Monday for lethal autonomous weapons to be “banned by international law,” resurfacing ...

When humanoid robots dominated the stage of last year’s Spring Festival Gala with sleek dance routines, Ai Lin saw more than a spectacle. He saw a business. Soon after, the e-commerce livestreamer in ...

A new study offers a glimpse into the evolutionary path toward human language—through laughter. In a new study, ape species more closely related to humans, such as chimpanzees, were able to laugh ...

Great apes may have been laughing with a similar rhythm to modern humans for at least 15 million years, a University of Warwick study reveals. The finding offers unexpected clues to how human speech ...

Dozens of new robot arms have been installed at General Motors’ flagship electric vehicle factory in Detroit—even as 1,300 workers remain out of work following what was supposed to be a temporary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KYIV REGION, Ukraine — Near the front lines in eastern Ukraine, a routine supply run can be a death sentence. Mines, artillery, ...

Earlier this year in Beijing, a humanoid robot crossed a half-marathon finish line in a blistering 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The feat immediately lit up global headlines for shattering the human world ...

Building on the country’s electric vehicle industry, Chinese companies are making robot parts at a scale and price point others can’t match. China’s lead in humanoid robots was evident at last month’s ...

There’s a received piece of wisdom among militaries around the world that whatever new technologies appear, in the end, foot soldiers are what matters. As British Army officer Field Marshal Archibald ...

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At robot learning centers in China, people teach machines how to work in a variety of scenarios. Humanoid robots are part of Beijing's bigger industrial strategy to dominate global markets and supply ...