China has taken a significant leap in robotics by unveiling a humanoid robot capable of blinking and reacting with human-like ...

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A robotics company has created a futuristic robot-head that is eerily similar to humans, with hope that it can be used in ...

I have barely figured out how to get Gemini going on my Android device, and already, Google has announced it’s putting Gemini 2.0 into real-life robots. The company announced two new AI models that ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

“It’s pure cinema,” Guillermo del Toro tells me via email, “affecting and gorgeous, and because it’s animation, it is absolutely a creation and not a re-creation.” The revered Mexican director and ...

Neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction. One study recently found that neurotic traits in a robot can make them seem more relatable. In science fiction, robots can be neurotic. Think "Star ...

*Japan has always been a country to watch when it comes to technology. It seems that by the time the U. S. even thinks of making a move with technology, Japan is already three steps ahead. Now, ...

In real life, robots are pretty simple. They are just, like, an arm putting cars together or what have you. In movies and TV, though, robots have long been intelligent. They’ve had personalities. They ...