Unlike other robots that perform limited functions, KR1 can move, lift and think like a human, only faster and more reliably.

The new training method doesn't use sensors or onboard control tweaks, but a single camera that watches the robot's movements ...

Engineers have created a robot arm that could learn, through practice, what its own form can do, hinting at future self-aware machines.

Scientists explore the concept of "robot metabolism" with a weird machine that can integrate material from other robots so it can become more capable and overcome physical challenges.

Johns Hopkins researchers developed a surgical robot that understands commands and performs operations independently, ...

Imagine a world where robots clean your home, beaches, and even public spaces. We’re already well on our way there, but a new self-learning robotic arm developed by researchers at TU Wien in ...

Traditional robot bodies "are still monolithic, unadaptive, and unrecyclable," said paper author and mechanical engineer Hod Lipson.

In a world first, an AI-powered robot performed delicate surgery without any assistance from human hands. The robot learned ...

In a move that inches us just a little closer to the singularity, engineers have developed robots that can grow, self-repair, ...

In work led by Johns Hopkins researchers, the robot performed unflappably across trials and with the expertise of a skilled ...

The general-purpose robot is learning to sense the world around it, map it and navigate it using systems developed for the self-driving Autopilot systems in the company's electric cars.

Self-Learning Robot Learns Too Well, Escapes Again - 06/23/2016. A robot capable of thinking for itself is set to be scrapped after it escaped from a high-tech lab for a second time.