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The lab robots — adapted, lidar-guided [light detection and ranging] industrial units made by Kuka of Germany — move slowly between automated benchtop reactors and analytical equipment, carrying out experiments in fields from drug discovery to new materials for carbon capture. Sensors enable them to share the space safely with human researchers.

Home robots are transforming smart homes. Learn which consumer robotics are worth buying and how to choose safe, efficient smart home robots for daily tasks.

Jake Weinstein and his dad, Gregory Weinstein, both spend a lot of time thinking about robots. Jake, an art student, has been drawing robots since he was young, inspired after watching Star Wars films like A New Hope and Return of the Jedi with Gregory,

Billions of dollars have been poured into what is seen as a new battleground for US-China rivalry. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Chinese officials are warning that the country's humanoid robotics industry could be forming a massive bubble.

CMU evaluated how robots using LLMs behave when they have access to personal information such as a person’s gender, nationality, or religion.

Vehicles and buildings designed to enable survival in extreme environments, such as spacecraft, submarines and sealed shelters, heavily rely on systems for the management of carbon dioxide (CO2). These are technologies that can remove and release CO2,

Robots are being tested to help doctors with stroke surgeries. For an administration that loves AI-generated imagery, you'd think that someone would have hopped onto Photoshop. Close said she rewatched the iconic film with Kim Kardashian, because her "All's Fair" costar hadn't seen it.

Chicago sidewalks are for people, not delivery robots,” so says a petition that seeks to rid the city’s streets of the wheel-based contraptions. Two robot companies — Coco and Serve — are operating the diminutive robots on Chicago sidewalks,

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they polite to them, and willing to attribute human-like qualities to them? Researchers from SWPS University have shown that in most cases,

Uber Eats has partnered with delivery robot company to roll out service in student areas.