At its heart, robotics is about building machines that can do things for us. Think of it as giving a machine a set of instructions and the ability to carry them out, often in places or for tasks that ...

The introduction of robotic vacuum cleaners has made keeping the house clean considerably easier. In fact, automatically ...

Sidewalk robots are small delivery robots that can navigate sidewalks and climb curbs, helping with last-mile delivery. Sidewalk robots operate on battery power, can run on renewable energy, don't get ...

Horror stories from robot vacuum owners mostly stem from two fixable mishaps: They accidentally bought a dinky robot vacuum or merely haven't set their very capable robot vacuum up for success in the ...

"This work is a departure from how robots are programmed today. The status quo of programming robots is thousands of hours of tele-operation to teach the robot how to do tasks. That's just impossible, ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Right before the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January, I noticed a trend in robot vacuums. The suction power these robots were reporting were ...

Here's what to know about MLB's robot umps. How does the Automated Ball-Strike System work? Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the ...

For some, mowing the lawn is a leisurely pastime — a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon. For the rest of us, however, it's a chore. In fact, we can think of a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon: ...

If you've ordered food on Uber Eats recently, you may have seen a delivery robot instead of a human driver. Uber has partnered with Avride to bring autonomous robots to the streets. They already ...

Robots have been used in manufacturing since the 1960s. What is new is the application of AI, which potentially gives robots much more powerful analytical, cognitive, and learning capabilities. AI is ...

This content originally appeared on Mashable for a US audience and has been adapted for the UK audience. For some, mowing the lawn is a leisurely pastime — a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon. For ...