From Boston Dynamics to Tesla, US companies are racing to build humanoid robots that can automate everything from factory ...

Robots, in our collective imagination, are objects of fascination and fear. While our inner 5-year-olds marvel at the thought of Transformers or C-3PO in real life, the adult side of us fret over ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Here is a little something to put a smile on your face as we near the end of 2020. Boston Dynamics, which specializes in building robots, released this fun video just for the holidays ...

The savvy marketers at Boston Dynamics produced two major robotics news cycles last week. The larger of the two was, naturally, the electric Atlas announcement. As I write this, the sub-40 second ...

Intuitive Surgical, with its Da Vinci robots, enjoys a great competitive position in minimally invasive surgery, driven by $6 billion in R&D and first-mover advantage. The business model, with 84% ...

Rethink Robotics, headed by well-known robot designer Rodney Brooks, introduces a $22,000 robot that it says will allow more small and midsize manufacturers to use automation and compete with low-wage ...

It seems like artificial intelligence is everywhere in our virtual lives. It's in our search results and our phones. But what happens when AI moves out of the chat and into the real world? NPR science ...