Horror stories from robot vacuum owners mostly stem from two fixable mishaps: They accidentally bought a dinky robot vacuum or merely haven't set their very capable robot vacuum up for success in the ...

It was early January 2016, and I had just joined Google X, Alphabet’s secret innovation lab. My job: help figure out what to do with the employees and technology left over from nine robot companies ...

Nitin J. Sanket, a professor at WPI, has developed small flying robots with his team that fit in the palm of a hand and use ...

Bipedal (two-legged) robots are sophisticated machines, but they are not the most graceful when things go wrong. A simple ...

Imagine you’re walking through your neighborhood and a four-foot-tall robot walks up beside you. It greets you by name, remembers your favorite coffee order, and offers to carry your groceries. You’ve ...

Why This Is Important: The reason this is such a game-changer is that most robots are one-trick ponies. A walking robot gets stuck if it needs to cross water. Why Should I Care: This isn’t just about ...