New companies are building robots in record time ... and at record cost. Massive changes have made physical AI — giving AI a body — much more affordable.

EngineAI's T-800 (yes, that's a Terminator designator) is perhaps the strongest robot on the planet. That's why, of course, ...

There is also a dance studio, complete with a wood floor and large mirrors. Here scientists record the movements of human ...

General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.

But you can see the market appeal. A robot vacuum cleaner can’t climb stairs to clean an upstairs room. A robot arm that ...

Weave Robotics, the California startup behind the laundry-folding robot, has started placing robots in laundromats. Former ...

With great suction, a tangle-free cord and an approachable price, one pool robot rises to the top of the heap. David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade covering all things edible, ...

Courtney doesn’t have eyes, but it’s got sensors everywhere. There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils. It’s been described as a “large cooler on ...

Every single day—weekend, weekday, rain or shine—whichever robot vacuum I’m currently testing starts running at 9 am. It’s always a good sign. I heave a sigh of relief and continue with whatever else ...

Multifunctional. Adorable. Quiet. Small. Absolute mapping makes navigation spot-on. Learns how to get around obstacles and identifies floor surfaces by itself. Waste bag contains both wet and dry ...