ROBOTS

Virtual reality has been restricted to visual stimulation, but a new technology may provides users with physical sensations alongside virtual ones.

A Knightscope robot security guard tasked with patrolling the Georgetown Waterfront shopping area in Washington, D.C. apparently rolled into a fountain and drowned itself Monday.

In a National Governors Association meeting, Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned that the growing artificial intelligence industry should be regulated to prevent potential unintended consequences.

Space company Moon Express hopes to set up a permanent outpost on the moon where robots will mine the south pole for resources.

Robotics experts are divided on robot child sex dolls: Some are encouraging the use of robot sex as a method for preventing sex crimes while others are calling for a full ban on robots that look like children.

A school robotics team of five students from The Gambia has joined Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team in having their one-week visas rejected by the U.S. in order to attend the First Global Challenge robotics competition in Washington D.C.

While previous reports and tech leaders claim robots will take over human jobs, the latest International Data Corporation data says artificial intelligence will create jobs.

A robot argued that the benefits of AI technology outweigh the concerns.

Elon Musk thinks robots will be better than humans at everything by 2040 but he hopes he's wrong.

It warns it's user by sending a subtle chill down the wearer's spine.

Genesis Robotics hopes to change the way robots are made with its LiveDrive actuator. The company says its design allows machines to withstand more weight, be more precise, are faster and safer. While it may change industrial robotics, the goal is to bring it to consumers to "really change people's lives."

The technology, developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota, could also be applied in the future to printing electronics on human skin.

Though robots are getting more involved in factory work, their dexterity is not nearly as impressive as humans'.

Technology doesn’t speak Icelandic, so it’s in danger of being lost to history.

Robots are going where no man has gone before: into an underwater volcano that is constantly erupting and absolutely filthy with sharks.

If we are going to find aliens in our solar system, we might have a better shot exploring moons rather than other planets.

Policy makers are worried about automation and if smarter robots will take your jobs, but GE's CEO says these concerns are too early to worry about.

A fleet of robots that could one day travel to other planets and moons looking for aliens are packed with tools like buzzsaws and catapults.

Researchers took into account "the creation of jobs in other industries and occupations" in their calculation of the damage to the labor force.

Robots sent in to collect vital information at the nuclear power plant are failing in their mission, according to a nuclear watchdog.

Jobs most at risk to be replaced by automation in the study included transport, manufacturing, and wholesale and retail.