Figure AI Inc., a startup developing humanoid robots, is reportedly in talks to raise $500 million in new funding led by Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI, according to a report from Bloomberg. Although the ...

Many a mother has said, with a sigh, "If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you jump too?" The answer, for cockroaches at least, may well be yes. Researchers using robotic roaches were able to ...

Robots can be useful as mental wellbeing coaches in the workplace -- but perception of their effectiveness depends in large part on what the robot looks like. Robots can be useful as mental wellbeing ...

Humanoid robots have been promised by tech evangelists for decades. We’ve had extraordinary hardware – Boston Dynamics’ Atlas was doing backflips back in 2018 – yet that promise never translated into ...

The United Nations (UN) held a press conference with the intent of showcasing the future of artificial intelligence by allowing reporters to ask a group of AI robots questions. However, some of the ...

Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests. Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover supply chain management, technology, and manufacturing. New data on robot orders for 2023 shows a steep drop following a ...

Researchers believe that children are more willing to share personal information to robots than to humans. Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Westfield Researchers from Cambridge University believe that ...

The use of robots and AI in the field of mental health has spurred significant research, and some promising results have come out in the past few years. There's already research indicating that ...

The past couple of years has seen an unprecedented surge in the adoption of robots by a variety of sectors, including major employers like manufacturers and warehouse operators such as Amazon. The ...

Robots can be useful as mental wellbeing coaches in the workplace – but perception of their effectiveness depends in large part on what the robot looks like. Researchers from the University of ...