We all laughed at the video of a robot falling over while trying to turn a doorknob. Who’s laughing now? In the latest creepy video from the roboticists at Boston… Read More
Is a robotic retriever in your future? Amazon thinks so: In a patent application published today, inventors working for the Seattle-based online retailer lay out a detailed plan for an… Read More
LAS VEGAS — I’m always on the lookout for the next great ping-pong playing machine. I just didn’t think that player would actually be a machine. With the GeekWire Bash… Read More
LAS VEGAS — It’s hard enough to navigate the showroom floor at CES without knocking into people or bumping products perched on booth tables. Roll a cute robot into the… Read More
The latest robot report has bad news for laborers and office support staff, good news for techies and healthcare workers. India looks bright, while Japan could face the toughest stretch.… Read More
Boston Dynamics’ video of a humanoid robot executing a perfect backflip sparked a lot of dark humor, and now billionaire Elon Musk has responded with dark seriousness about the risks… Read More
Many people nowadays are concerned about the way technology is changing their lives. From worries about artificial intelligence taking jobs, to the huge influence of social media, to companies invading our… Read More
As if the mere phrase “killer robots” weren’t scary enough, AI researchers and policy advocates have put together a video that combines present-tense AI and drone technologies with future-tense nightmares.… Read More
Wonder Workshop, which makes robots that teach children computer science concepts, said it has raised $41 million in a Series C round. The funding round includes global tech giants like… Read More
I went to the dentist this morning, which is the place where I like to go every six months so I can catch up on my print magazine reading. In… Read More
The androids in “Blade Runner” sometimes seem more human than humans, but to feel tears in the rain, you need a sense of touch. Now researchers are closing in on… Read More
The opening of a new ramen restaurant in Seattle usually does not get our journalistic engines firing. But add a little robot action to the mix, and things get really… Read More
Could we one day see robot quarterbacks on the gridiron or automaton catchers behind home plate? One guy thinks that could be pretty cool. Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll envisions… Read More
Have you ever scrambled around at an airport, hunting down a power outlet for your laptop or smartphone? Amazon’s inventors have the answer: a power-charging robot that’ll come to your… Read More
Sandra Bullock’s character nearly got killed by space debris in the movie “Gravity” — but had she been equipped with the gecko-like robot built by researchers from Stanford University and… Read More
Robotic telepresence could save future Mars explorers from the perils that faced fictional astronaut Mark Watney in “The Martian” — and serve as the most efficient way to study the… Read More
EVERETT, Wash. – Some manufacturing workers may worry that robots will be stealing their jobs, but not Boeing’s Jordan Northrup. He’s glad to work with Robot 1 and Robot 2, the… Read More
Stop what you’re doing if you want to figure out whether what you’re doing could someday be done by THE ROBOTS. A new website called Will Robots Take My Job allows… Read More
How does Amazon plan to keep automated warehouses free of debris? With automated cleanup robots, of course. At least that’s a scenario laid out in a patent granted to the… Read More
This story has been updated to include reaction from Huawei. A federal jury sided with T-Mobile in a long-running dispute with Chinese telecom giant Huawei over a smartphone-testing robot. The case… Read More
University of Washington spinout WiBotic, which is building technology that wirelessly powers drones and other robotic devices, has raised $2.5 million in a new funding round. The round is led… Read More
See? The robots are our friends! Watching this viral video of a little girl hugging a discarded hot water heater that she thinks is a robot might be the sweetest… Read More
Newly published research runs counter to the hope that the rise of automation should create as many jobs for human workers as it destroys. Computer modeling suggests a downward trend,… Read More
Walking robots that could potentially delivery your Amazon Prime package … robotic bees and robo-farms … a cheetah robot controlled by Amazon’s Alexa AI assistant: These are just a few… Read More
Telerobotics startup BluHaptics has raised $1.36 million to launch its first commercial product this summer and expand the domain of its robotic control software from the deep sea to deep space.… Read More
Automation isn’t just a job for the robots: It takes flesh-and-blood workers to make robotic manufacturing work, as shown in a new video about the machines that set fasteners on Boeing’s 777… Read More
If robots and automation are ultimately going to replace more and more American jobs, Bill Gates, for one, thinks we shouldn’t also lose the income tax generated by human workers. Tax… Read More
Holy drone, Batman! Scientists have created a robotic drone with soft, flapping wings that looks and flies like a ghostly bat. The Bat Bot project, conducted by researchers at Caltech… Read More
Here’s a fish tale that really is about the one that got away — with video to prove it. A new robot developed by MIT can catch fish underwater. If that… Read More
LAS VEGAS — NASA doesn’t make consumer electronics per say, but it does enough geeky stuff that it was right at home during last week’s CES. Maria Bualat, a robotics… Read More