Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to ...

Municipal budgets and accountability requirements have slowed adoption, said Peter Stone, a computer science professor at the University of Texas at Austin. "Cities are on relatively ...

A field called swarm robotics is taking inspiration from ants, bees and even slime molds.

Think of actuators as the robot’s muscles —the technology that enables humanoids to move. Actuators come in three types: ...

University of Chicago computer scientist Sarah Sebo is programming robots to give empathetic responses and perform nonverbal ...

Harvests are at risk in California. Part of the reason: immigration raids that have left as many as 70% of field workers too scared to show up. Itay Hod reports how some farmers are looking to ...

Harvests are at risk in California. Part of the reason: immigration raids that have left as many as 70% of field workers too scared to show up. Itay Hod reports how some farmers are looking to ...

A common refrain is that they’re only effective in mild climates. We put that idea to the test. Credit...Photo illustration by The New York Times; Shutterstock Supported by By Sofia Quaglia Heat pumps ...

Venezuelan pro-democracy campaigner María Corina Machado has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Despite an unprecedented – and public – campaign for the accolade by Donald Trump, the Norway-based prize ...

A few years ago, Rebecca Hu-Thrams and her business partner, Areeb Malik, rented an attic from an ad on Craigslist to test out their robots using artificial technology. Fast forward and their company, ...