The Latest Breaking News from Robots

Leading robotics firms promise not to add weapons to general use technology and said they would oppose others doing so

The companies warned that "untrustworthy people" could use their robots to harm others or infringe on civil liberties, and they pledged to make sure their customers didn't weaponize the products.

New models predict that exoplanets with beaches are more prevalent than once thought, and current missions could find multiple examples this decade.

In August 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the electric car manufacturer was planning to get into the robot business. In a presentation accompanied by a human dressed as a robot, Musk said work was beginning on a “friendly” humanoid robot to “navigate through a world built for humans and…

Elon Musk’s new humanoid machine can usher in a whole new era for robotics

Researchers have identified seven factors that are key to the dog-human bond, which could yield insight into the development of social robot dogs.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday the electric vehicle maker's eagerly anticipated humanoid robot "Optimus" would cost under $20,000 and cautioned it still had way to go before becoming fully functional. "There's still a lot of work to be done to refine Optimus and prove it," Musk told the…

An early prototype of Tesla Inc.’s proposed Optimus humanoid robot slowly and awkwardly walked onto a stage, turned, and waved to a cheering crowd at the company’s artificial intelligence event Friday

Experts suggest maintenance robots may have planted bombs, as concern grows over methane buildup