Toronto’s Allison Bowsher isn’t worried that artificial intelligence will soon steal her job. She welcomes the help. Not for her paid work as an entertainment writer. It’s her unpaid, though no less ...

Intelligent vacuum cleaners, voice assistants, robot cooks... Domestic robots are constantly evolving to make our lives easier. But how far can they go? Will they simply help us with household chores, ...

Within a decade, around 39% of the time spent on housework and caring for loved ones could be automated, experts say. Researchers from the UK and Japan asked 65 artificial intelligence (AI) experts to ...

Domestic work is vital for society to function. Meals need to be cooked, clothes and homes cleaned, and people need to be cared for. These tasks take time and, generally speaking, are not shared ...

A household robot that can walk, talk, work independently, take care of human beings and, at the same time, safeguard a household is expected to be produced before the end of this year, making it the ...

#. Inside a large shopping mall, amidst a crowd of people, a cleaning robot about waist-high for an adult moves busily. The areas the robot passes over become spotless as dust and stains disappear.

It’s the ultimate in home convenience; a robot vacuum that will pick up after you, ticking one big household chore off your list. No more having to coax the ones you live with to vacuum when it’s ...