Firms are working to make the motors that drive robots more efficient and cheaper.

Chevron Corporation CVX is quickly adopting robotics to transform its operations, making the workplace safer and more efficient by removing people from high-risk tasks. Over the past two and a half years, the American supermajor has steadily introduced ...

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.