Tech firms are racing to bring robots into everyday life. From Japan to China, massive sums are being poured into "physical AI," a booming sector that could put more than a billion humanoid robots in ...

A pair of swiveling, human-like robotic arms, built for physical artificial intelligence research, mirror the motions of an ...

Research in Japan shows that openness and trust are key to accepting home-care robots, impacting willingness to share ...

Yukiko Namekata, a resident at an elder care facility in Tokyo run by Zenkoukai, and her caregiver follow the movement of a miniature humanoid robot called PALRO. At top, AIREC, an artificial ...

Adaptable, AI-enabled robots for personalized life coaching and physical assistance could help us become a more productive and inclusive society. What if instead of replacing us in our jobs, ...

2025 marked a watershed year for industrial robotics, as investors and manufacturers alike doubled down on automation’s next ...

Robots have never felt as close to becoming a part of everyday life as they do today. Their widespread use now seems likely ...

Will AI need a body to come close to human-like intelligence? But these aren’t just speculative questions anymore. Roboticists today are wrestling with the question of whether artificial intelligence ...