Researchers at University College London (UCL) have written a computer program using neural networks which are duped by optical illusions the same way as we do. Their virtual robots, which were ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

An army of more than 4,000 marching doglike robots is a vaguely menacing sight, even in a simulation. But it may point the way for machines to learn new tricks. In the simulation, the machines—called ...

A virtual robot arm has learned to solve a wide range of different puzzles—stacking blocks, setting the table, arranging chess pieces—without having to be retrained for each task. It did this by ...

Researchers have developed software that lets users control robots over the internet with off-the-shelf virtual reality hardware. Even as autonomous robots get better at doing things on their own, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a defense technology journalist, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A multi-segmented robot at the DARPA Urban Challenge in ...

Neo is a friendly-looking humanoid robot from a California startup called 1X, and it hopes to come into your home as early as next year.

There’s a zero percent chance you instead thought of the thing in the video above, a Frankenstein’s monster of what appear to be cobbled-together Tetris pieces. That’s because a computer “evolved” ...

Wonder Workshop, the education technology company that introduced Dash and Dot to classrooms, has developed a virtual world with a virtual robot for student access in remote classes. The digital ...

Have you ever wanted to wipe down a table hundreds of times while Elon Musk watches? Training Tesla's humanoid robot might be ...

When you’re plugged into a good virtual reality experience, you might talk about how it “feels real.” That’s apparently not good enough for engineer James Bruton, who built a robot to punch him while ...