CHERAW, S.C.—Inside a Schaeffler SHA0-0.43%decrease; red down pointing triangle auto-parts factory, a most unusual worker toils away. Stepping gingerly across the metal floor, it holds its ...

The last decade has seen vast improvements in humanoid robots, but graduating to widespread use might require going back to the fundamentals. “Not reliably,” Hurst said. “I don’t think it’s totally ...

Mind Robotics, an industrial robotics lab spun out of the electric vehicle maker Rivian, has raised $500 million in a Series A funding round co-led by venture firms Accel and Andreessen Horowitz. The ...

At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the nurse assistant stopped by a patient's room to pick up some lab samples while dropping off toiletries. Then, as the helper's pixilated blue eyes ...

Humanoid robotics companies have already shown their machines can run at 22 mph, land backflips and even pull off front flips. So the new proving ground is not raw speed or acrobatics. It is control ...

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said robotics will become a "larger opportunity" for the company within the next two years. In January, Qualcomm launched a processor under the Dragonwing brand name ...

There’s a new bot in town. The Coco delivery robots that have become a regular part of so many Los Angeles neighborhoods will now have a whole new look — a redesign the company behind them says will ...

China’s humanoid robots grabbed global attention with kung fu flips at the nation’s televised Spring Festival Gala, while Chinese phone maker Honor is set to unveil its first humanoid robot at MWC in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BMW headquarters with BMW logo in the evening. BMW, the luxury German carmaker, is testing humanoid robots at its production ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A hot new job has emerged in Los Angeles: robot wrangler to help delivery bots navigate the real world. The robots ...

Anthropomorphic robots took center stage during China's Spring Festival Gala as the country rang in the Year of the Horse before hundreds of millions of viewers. Units manufactured by Hangzhou-based ...

Robots are one of the next up-and-coming technologies because of their potential to give AI and software systems a body to complete physical tasks. While robot vacuums and robot mops have dominated ...