Humanoid robots have arms and legs, but can they work alongside human beings, or will they replace them? Their use is growing, but are they ready?

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They’re emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to ...

Can artificial intelligence offer meaningful relationship advice, or do human therapists still provide something machines cannot replicate? Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

Humanoid robots, robotic systems with a human-like body structure, have the potential of tackling various real-world tasks ...

Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs ...

Last year, 21 humanoid robots squared up against each other in the World Humanoid Robot Games’ half marathon race in Beijing in an unintentionally hilarious debauchery of broken limbs, face plants — ...