This article is part of a series of articles based on common questions in robotics. The previous article dealt with the question: What is a robot? Robots are machines designed to perform tasks – ...

The real driver behind re-shoring is automation. Robotic jobs, not humans, are coming back to North America. Welding robots work on vehicles at the Volkswagen AG assembly plant in Puebla, Mexico.

Engineers and robotics fans can nerd out about robots in the lab and the workshop all day long. It's a very long road from a ridiculously cool, glorified science experiment to robots that can be put ...

Google DeepMind’s latest AI upgrades allow robots to do more complex tasks, while also having the ability to use Google Search to gather more information. Robots will also be able to learn from each ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Jonathan Reichental covers technology in business and society. Toy versions of the popular droids R2-D2 and BB-8, part of the ...

James Pikul receives funding from the Office of Naval Research. He is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Metal Light Inc. Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in ...

Amazon has used drones to deliver packages, but according to an internal report cited by The Information, the retailer is planning to test out more human-like autonomous delivery methods. Namely, ...