The viral robot monkey video is fake, as it was created with the AI-generating tool Sora. The watermark is clearly visible. Makita, the Japanese power tool-making company, is a global supplier, and it does not have such a product on its website.

Though Atlas was designed to resemble a person in other ways, its hands aren’t exactly one-to-one. Instead, company engineers said, the design was optimized for sorting, packing, and handling objects—all tasks Atlas would need to perform repeatedly in a factory or warehouse setting.

(Nanowerk News) Robots are increasingly being used in place of humans to explore hazardous and difficult-to-access environments, but they aren’t yet able to interact with their environments as well as humans. If today’s most sophisticated robot was ...

The ability to create tools from everyday objects requires creativity, abstract thinking, and problem-solving. As such, that complex ability has been used emblematically to differentiate so-called "intelligent" animals from those that merely follow some ...

"In their early days robots were more limited by their controller technology than by their physical capabilities," explains Roger Christian, vice president marketing and international groups with robot producer Motoman, noting the growing presence of ...

Dr. H. Kurtis Biggs explores the future of orthopedic innovation, including advancements in robotics, AI, and imaging and why patient-centered care still matters most.

Robots of the entertainment industry are given life by character animation, where the goal is to emotionally connect with the audience to tell a story. In comparison, real-world robot movement design focus more on managing physical limitations like sensor ...

A robot carrying an explosive device was used to kill one of the shooters in Thursday night’s horrific violence in Dallas, Texas, in what many law enforcement and other experts are calling the first such use of robotics technology by U.S. police.

The most important fact general surgeon David Croasdale needs to explain to patients considering robotic surgery is it’s not actually performed by a robot, but a skilled physician.

While quadruped robots may surpass their wheeled counterparts at traversing rough terrain, they still aren't able to maintain their balance when moving along narrow ridges. That could change, though, as scientists have devised a method of allowing them to ...

Guided by heat and pressure, a vine-like robot slips through arteries and engines, navigates where humans and tools can’t.