When a robot cop tells you to stop, do you listen? China is now finding out Hangzhou is the latest city in China to take traffic control to a new level, rolling out a new AI-powered robot police ...

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The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...

Earlier this year, a cowboy hat-toting bipedal robot dubbed “Jake the Rizzbot” burst onto the scene, baffling residents in Austin, Texas, with its flashy cowboy hat, chain necklace — and strong ...

Foundation’s Phantom robot might be built to fight and die, and Figure’s 03 humanoid robot is probably the smoothest, most agile robot I’ve seen in running, turning, and moving, but EngineAI’s T800 – ...

United Parcel Service Inc. will invest $120 million in 400 robots used to unload trucks, according to people familiar with the matter, revealing new details on the logistics giant’s $9 billion ...

The use of autonomous drones on the battlefield has already raised plenty of murky ethical questions. Many experts and human rights groups have decried the use of killer robots, particularly when you ...

We look at the promise and peril of robots that look like humans. By Sam Sifton I am the host of this newsletter. Scientists and entrepreneurs are working tirelessly toward a strange goal: robots that ...

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UPS will invest about $120 million to buy 400 truck-unloading robots from Pickle Robot Co., adding detail to its $9 billion automation plan aimed at cutting labor costs. The robots can unload trucks ...

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In the future, a caregiving machine might gently lift an elderly person out of bed in the morning and help them get dressed. A cleaning bot could trundle through a child’s room, picking up scattered ...