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Scribit, the wall-crawling graffiti robot that can draw (and, just as importantly, erase) any image you can think of onto a vertical surface of your choice, made its debut this week at CES 2019. It's coming soon to a living room, office, food eatery, or some other place else near you.

That most famous characterization of the complexity causality, a butterfly beating its wings and causing a hurricane on the other side of the world, is thought-provoking but ultimately not helpful. What we really need is to look at a hurricane and figure out which butterfly caused it — or perhaps s…

Ubtech is best known for its toy-sized robots and STEM kits, but in recent years, it's been building bigger machines as well. At CES 2019, the Chines

MassRobotics will provide strategic guidance for the Robotics Summit & Expo and be a liaison to its partners, sponsors and the entire robotics community.

An hours-long standoff in Novato, California came to a peaceful end yesterday when police officers used a police robot to deliver a vape pen to the suspect, who had threatened to burn down a gas station.

Kai-Fu Lee, a venture capitalist who used to develop AI for Google and Microsoft, predicts that AI will automate 40 percent of the world's jobs in 15 years.

Robots are on display at CES and we've rounded up the best of them! These personal assistants are coming to your home, possibly sooner than you think.

It's a common situation faced by every hard-working American - you get home after a long day at the calcium mines, and find yourself stuck with a pile of colored golf balls that simply aren't goin

From cashierless Amazon Go stores to Walmart's self-driving vans for food drop-offs, tech is revolutionizing grocery shopping with an emphasis on speed an

Machines are replacing many traditional human tasks.

For the first time, a woman who received a uterus transplant through robot-assisted surgery is pregnant and due to give birth in a few months.

Instead of basing our artificial intelligence on ourselves, DARPA is experimenting with something a bit simpler.

At CES 2019, automaker Hyundai unveiled a concept video and 1:8 scale version of Elevate, a walking car designed to navigate rough terrain.

Sunflower Labs' innovative smart security system involves a series of outdoor sensors, capable of dispatching an autonomous camera drone to check up on any unusual disturbances. It sounds pretty wild -- and it's on display at CES 2019 for anyone who wants to go check it out.

Researchers make robots teach themselves how to walk through trial and error, like babies, to navigate the real world.

The British Army is currently testing out an unorthodox glider-based drone that could one day be used to resupply troops or deliver humanitarian aid in locations that would ordinarily be inaccessible. It could even be used for transporting wounded soldiers from the battlefield.

Here are 10 robotics companies to watch in 2019 that are developing essential tools for robotics developers or solving difficult robotics problems.

Wilkinson Baking Company is set to unveil the Breadbot at CES 2019. The robotic bread-maker creates up to 10 loaves of bread per hour from scratch and is destined for groceries and specialty shops. The Breadbot isn't just about artisanal bread, however, the transparent machine promises theater.

Last year a string of controversies revealed a darker (and dumber) side to artificial intelligence.

Unlike fast-food chains, startup Creator is using robots to build better burgers and deliver a better customer experience, says VP Martin Buehler.

Recovering speech ability in disabled people. Several research groups have recently made significant progress in using neural networks to convert brain activity into intelligible computer-generated speech, developments that could mark some of the first steps toward radically improving the quality of...

A pet robot which coos when its owner strokes it and is designed as a loyal companion for lonely elderly people is among the hit products at CES, the world's biggest technology fair in Las Vegas.

Let’s hope you’re not afraid of dogs, because if Continental gets its way, autonomous robot dogs are going to be delivering your packages. At the Consumer Electronics Show today, Continental unveiled its Black Mirror-esque vision for how driverless vehicles can autonomously deploy bots …

Forget vending machines, PepsiCo is testing a way to bring snacks directly to college students.