The original Roomba was the first robot vacuum in the US, and the second ever made, following Electrolux’s Trilobite the year ...

But you can see the market appeal. A robot vacuum cleaner can’t climb stairs to clean an upstairs room. A robot arm that ...

From disaster zones, to oil spills, to the Great Pyramids of Giza, iRobot has taken its robot everywhere in its 35 years.

There is also a dance studio, complete with a wood floor and large mirrors. Here scientists record the movements of human ...

General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...

See new human-shaped robots, including MIMA’s skill-glove training for dishes and laundry, so you can gauge real home-ready ...

Robot companies are racing toward a breakout year, but they'll have to confront some fundamental problems before making ...

Home robots are no longer a futuristic concept—they are becoming a tangible part of modern living. Advances in consumer robotics have made smart home robots more capable, intuitive, and affordable ...

If you’ve nothing better to do in the run-up to Christmas, then how about enjoying a mesmerizing hour-long video of a ...

China’s $1,400 Bumi humanoid robot highlights a widening price gap with US robots, raising new questions in the global AI and robotics race.

Regulators warned Amazon’s iRobot deal would hurt consumers. Instead, the Roomba maker collapsed and sold to China.

The commercial boom in artificial intelligence has sparked interest in humanoid robots. Venture capitalist Modar Alaoui, ...