The protagonist of the movie, “Robots,” Rodney, was born to a working-class family, the son of a dishwasher. He was a firm believer in the saying, “You can shine no matter what you’re made of,” ...

Rodney Brooks , the renowned roboticist and co-founder of iRobot (maker of the Roomba), has published a lengthy critique of the current humanoid robotics wave, arguing that today's approaches will not ...

Director Chris Wedge has said that, following the success of his 2002 animated feature “Ice Age,” he wanted to do something “bigger.” His new movie, “Robots,” is certainly that. The cast overflows ...

They claim we will go from one million grounds and maintenance workers in the U.S. to only 50,000 in 10 to 20 years, because robots will take over those jobs. How many robots are currently operational ...

Today is the second week of our experiment connecting a podcast to the written pages here at Ars. Specifically, we're running episodes of my tech- and science-heavy podcast (called After On) in ...

PALO ALTO, California -- Rodney Brooks, the co-founder of the company behind the Roomba vacuum robot, is preparing to bring warehouse robots to Japan in a bid to capture demand from companies ...

New Silicon Valley robotics startup Robust.AI aims, firstly, to build the world’s first industrial-grade cognitive platform for robots. Secondly, it will aim to help companies in a wide range of areas ...