The robotics pioneer who helped unleash the Roomba vacuum is now betting that you might one day replace your beloved dog or cat with a plush robot that follows you around your home and adapts to your daily habits.

However, we just got a look at a new home companion robot potentially coming to market next year, and its inventor has a proven track record of putting robots into homes. FM&M's goal is to make home robots that act more as emotional companions than chore machines.

The idea of a single robot that can transform into three different machines sounds like science fiction, but it is already sitting on workbenches and factory floors. In the prosumer corner of that world, a roughly $7,000 modular system promises to morph ...

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study in the journal Nature that shows how advances in artificial intelligence are making robots more agile.

Colin Angle’s new startup, Familiar Machines & Magic, is building a companion robot that focuses on emotional intelligence and daily interaction.

Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own, but experts say it raises questions about how much risk comes with letting robots be in charge of their own learning.

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Surgical robots improve patient outcomes, making the technology highly attractive to both practitioners and patients. That is the core of the story about Intuitive Surgical, an industry pioneer. It currently has 11,