Chinese scientists have reportedly unveiled plans for the world’s first humanoid robot capable of carrying a pregnancy to term. Led by Dr. Zhang Qifeng of Kaiwa Technology in Guangzhou, the project is ...

More than two years ago, I told you that female robots were coming. Now, Tomotaka Takahashi, founder of Robo Garage, a spin-off of Kyoto University, and creator of several famous robots, has unveiled ...

Humans are a needy bunch. We require love, trust, time, patience, attention, guidance and support. In childhood, this typically comes from our parents. In adulthood, when the doting routines of our ...

Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

In a world where technology promises to liberate and elevate humanity, the gross sexualisation of female robots exposes a darker, more sinister truth: misogyny is not just alive and well, it's ...

Robots are designed with a specific purpose. They are complex machines, performing tasks that make life easier. A computer with arms and legs that can do (almost) everything a human can has been the ...

From Apple's iPhone assistant Siri to the mechanized attendants at Japan's first robot-staffed hotel, a seemingly disproportionate percentage of artificial intelligence systems have female personas.

It's official: a robot has become a citizen of a country for the first time ever. On Wednesday, during the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Sophia Robot from the Hong Kong-based company Hanson ...