Robots doing the grunt work at Amazon warehouses is nothing new; they've been sorting and moving packages for over a decade.

Think of actuators as the robot’s muscles —the technology that enables humanoids to move. Actuators come in three types: ...

It’s useful to think about Ford alongside the evolution of workers at Amazon. Presently the U.S.’s second largest employer, ...

Though Atlas was designed to resemble a person in other ways, its hands aren’t exactly one-to-one. Instead, company engineers ...

On any given day in Miami Beach, Wynwood or Brickell, you’ll see small robots shaped like mini shopping carts rolling down the sidewalks making food deliveries. They’re a convenient service for food ...

Amazon is expected to replace 600,000 workers with robots by 2033, automating 75% of its operations as a result.

While it is not clear whether this would lead to massive layoffs, robots could allow Amazon to avoid hiring new employees to ...

University of Chicago computer scientist Sarah Sebo is programming robots to give empathetic responses and perform nonverbal ...

It sounds like something from a sci-fi film - but some scientists believe this clever new tech could help alleviate strains ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

Amazon reportedly has a plan to replace more than half a million U.S. workers with “cobots,” and avoid hiring at least ...