robots

Tone, then, becomes the issue. Anyone who read All Systems Red, or any of Wells’ subsequent stories or novels, read Murderbot’s acerbic wit and deadpan observations in their own way, and Skarsgård’s delivery, no matter how good, may not be…

Tech giants plan to replace nearly all human workers with machines - and the only people safe are the likes of Harry Kane, Taylor Swift, Sir Keir Starmer and the Pope23:37, 13 May 2025Updated 23:38, 13 May 2025Robots can't take over every…

The World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing will show machines battling it out over three days for medals in sprints, the long jump, gymnastics and dancing – as well as small team soccer12:53, 09 May 2025 Beijing Beiao Group Corporation's…

Blood donation worker Lorna Rooke was stunned when a workmate who took a Star Wars-themed psychological test ruled she fell into the same category as the deep-breathing black-robed baddy.21:20, 07 May 2025She was compared to the…

Amazon has developed a new warehouse robot that uses touch to rummage around shelves to find the right product to ship to customers.The robot, called Vulcan, is a meaningful step towards making robots less sausage-fingered compared to human…

It used to be that when BMW would refit a factory to build a new car, the only way the automaker could check if the chassis would fit through the production line was to fly a team out and physically push the body through the process, making…

Later this year, Boston Dynamics plans to put its all-electric humanoid Atlas robot to work in a Hyundai factory. The new version of the bot, evolved from the hydraulic Atlas model that’s been performing viral video demos since 2013, made…

Unlike some of the latest consumer drones, which fly almost autonomously, the Asio X requires mostly manual control, and in some very unforgiving locations too, as Astorino points out: “It’s dark, air flow can quickly change within a…

Humans and robots have locked in their first battle - it took place in the form of a half-marathon around the streets of Beijing, China, over the weekend18:30, 21 Apr 2025Humans and robots went head-to-head(Image: Getty Images)The future is…

While capabilities like dancing can be fun and eyecatching, they don’t actually show how useful humanoid robots are in real-world situations, says Fern. Even being able to run a half marathon isn’t a very useful benchmark for their…