The day is coming when you may walk past a robot and have no idea it was a robot. Over years of engineering, we've given robots skeletons, brains, senses, and even a nervous system. Muscles have proven particularly complex (not that the other things were easy).

In Michigan Tech's Human-Robot Interaction Lab, Huskies teach the lab's newest occupant the basics: how to wave, glide and hold a steady grip. Guided by their faculty mentor, they're on a mission to make advanced robotics more accessible.

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study in the journal Nature that shows how advances in artificial intelligence are making robots more agile.

The robot that won the humanoid half-marathon this month finished in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, a major improvement compared to the droid that won in two hours, 40 minutes and 42 seconds in 2025 Lexi Lane is a weekend banking writer at PEOPLE. She first ...

Social by nature, humans interact in multiple ways—through voice, vision and touch. Reflecting these humanistic qualities, robotic capabilities are improving, and as such, human-robot interaction will feature more complex multimodal functions. However ...

A Silicon Valley robotics company is drawing global attention after livestreaming a humanoid robot working a full eight-hour shift with no human intervention, a test many experts say could mark a turning point for automation in warehouses and factories.